Prep Baseball Report

Top Prospect Games: Blast Board


PBR Mississippi Staff

Our PBR Mississippi Staff continues to roll out data from the Top Prospect Games that was held at Pearl River Community College on July 19th in Poplarville, MS. Today we take a look at the players who topped our leaderboards using our Blast Motion technology during their round of batting practice.

 

HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Walker Polk MS Simpson Academy 2025 OF 23.4 mph
^ Cole Gideon MS JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2025 OF 23.4 mph
2 Colin Flurry MS BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 23.1 mph
3 John Abt MS Hartfield Academy 2025 SS 22.5 mph
4 Drew Harrison MS Germantown 2024 SS 22.1 mph
5 Connor Tice MS Stone 2024 RHP 21.9 mph
6 Tyler Hester MS Madison Ridgeland Academy 2025 C 21.7 mph
^ Barrett McKenney MS Simpson County Academy 2025 SS 21.7 mph
7 Tristan Baldwyn MS EAST UNION ATTENDANCE CENTER 2025 OF 21.5 mph
8 Joshua Jones MS Desoto Central 2023 OF 21.0 mph
9 Ty Long MS Ripley 2024 SS 20.8 mph
10 William Parker MS Biloxi 2025 C 20.4 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Cole Gideon MS JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2025 OF 22.8 mph
2 Colin Flurry MS BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 22.3 mph
3 Walker Polk MS Simpson Academy 2025 OF 21.7 mph
4 John Abt MS Hartfield Academy 2025 SS 21.6 mph
5 Drew Harrison MS Germantown 2024 SS 21.3 mph
6 Tyler Hester MS Madison Ridgeland Academy 2025 C 21.2 mph
7 Connor Tice MS Stone 2024 RHP 21.1 mph
8 Tristan Baldwyn MS EAST UNION ATTENDANCE CENTER 2025 OF 20.6 mph
9 Joshua Jones MS Desoto Central 2023 OF 19.8 mph
10 William Parker MS Biloxi 2025 C 19.5 mph

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

BAT SPEED (AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Drew Harrison MS Germantown 2024 SS 74.9 mph
2 Barrett McKenney MS Simpson County Academy 2025 SS 68.5 mph
3 Tristan Baldwyn MS EAST UNION ATTENDANCE CENTER 2025 OF 68.4 mph
4 Walker Polk MS Simpson Academy 2025 OF 68.0 mph
5 Cole Gideon MS JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2025 OF 67.7 mph
6 John Abt MS Hartfield Academy 2025 SS 67.1 mph
7 Joshua Jones MS Desoto Central 2023 OF 66.8 mph
8 Colin Flurry MS BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 65.8 mph
9 Ty Long MS Ripley 2024 SS 65.3 mph
10 Braden Maranto MS Amory 2025 SS 64.3 mph

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Cole Gideon MS JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2025 OF 28.5 g
2 Braden Maranto MS Amory 2025 SS 21.3 g
3 Colin Flurry MS BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 21.2 g
4 Walker Polk MS Simpson Academy 2025 OF 20.5 g
5 William Parker MS Biloxi 2025 C 17.1 g
6 Charlie Jameson MS Germantown 2024 2B 17.0 g
7 Connor Tice MS Stone 2024 RHP 16.2 g
8 Barrett McKenney MS Simpson County Academy 2025 SS 15.4 g
9 Bryson Jackson MS Kossuth 2024 C 15.1 g
10 John Abt MS Hartfield Academy 2025 SS 13.8 g

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Cole Gideon MS JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2025 OF 24.4 g
2 Braden Maranto MS Amory 2025 SS 18.4 g
3 Colin Flurry MS BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 17.6 g
4 Walker Polk MS Simpson Academy 2025 OF 16.9 g
5 Charlie Jameson MS Germantown 2024 2B 14.2 g
6 William Parker MS Biloxi 2025 C 13.8 g
7 Barrett McKenney MS Simpson County Academy 2025 SS 13.0 g
8 Connor Tice MS Stone 2024 RHP 12.7 g
9 Drew Harrison MS Germantown 2024 SS 11.8 g
10 Tyler Hester MS Madison Ridgeland Academy 2025 C 11.0 g

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

 

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