Hawaii Preseason Invitational: Positional Data Dive
January 22, 2025
This past weekend the Prep Baseball Hawaii staff openup the 2025 season with the inaugural Hawaii Preseason Invitational hosted at Central Oahu Regional Park, Hans L'Orange and Mililani High School. The event featured a full workout on Friday for all positional players, followed by a tournament throughout the weekend with the Hawaii Wood Bat Association - Team 2 taking home the championship.
This multi-day event featured over 100 players from Hawaii and California with all positional players participating in a full workout alongside our tech partners TrackMan, Blast Motion, VALD Performance and Vizual Edge.
Yesterday, we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive articles. Today, we'll conclude our post-event coverage within this Positional Data Dive article as we bring you the top TrackMan, Blast Motion, Vizual Edge and Vald Performance data collected among positional players at the event.
For complete event results, click here.
PHYSICAL/ATHLETIC TESTING
60-YARD DASH
GRIP STRENGTH (R)
GRIP STRENGTH (L)
TRACKMAN
EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)
Exit Velocity – This metric measures the speed of the ball off the bat, measured in miles per hour (MPH).
EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)
BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)
Distance – This metric measures how far the ball traveled, or would travel if it was not obstructed, measured in feet.
BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)
HARD HIT %
Hard Hit % - Percentage of batted balls with an exit velocity of 90 MPH or higher.
SWEET SPOT %
Sweet Spot % - This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.
BLAST MOTION
HAND SPEED (MAX)
Hand Speed – The speed of the handle of the bat just before impact, measured in MPH. The handle is measured 6 inches from the knob of the bat.
MLB Avg: 23-29mph MiLB Avg: 22-28mph College Avg: 21-24mph
BAT SPEED (MAX)
Bat Speed – The speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact, measured in MPH. The sweet spot is measured 6 inches from the tip of the bat.
MLB Avg: 66-78mph MiLB Avg: 63-75mph College Avg: 66-75mph
ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (MAX)
Rotational Acceleration – A measure of how quickly the hitter gets from launch position to being on plane. This is measured in G-Force (g).
MLB Avg: 16.8g MiLB Avg: 12.6g College Avg: 12.9g