Prep Baseball Report

CVCC Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Data


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

PBR of North Carolina was on hand for a scout day with Catawba Valley Community College Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. Position players ran 60, went through a defensive evaluation and took batting practice on the field with Trackman gathering data on each swing. Below we begin our breakdown of the players who took part in the workout. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.

 

Trackman Hitting Data

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 100.1 mph
2 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 94.4 mph
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 94.3 mph
4 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 93.6 mph
5 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 92.7 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact.  The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 87.3 mph
2 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 87.0 mph
3 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 85.4 mph
4 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 84.8 mph
5 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 82.5 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Distance (max)
1 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 364 ft
2 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 353 ft
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 342 ft
4 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 327 ft
5 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 327 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Distance (avg)
1 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 279 ft
2 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 278 ft
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 265 ft
4 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 224 ft
5 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 167 ft

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter.  Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls.  This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Hard Hit %
1 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 57 %
2 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 29 %
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 28 %
4 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 17 %
5 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 13 %

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Line Drive %
1 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 70 %
2 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 40 %
3 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 35 %
^ Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 35 %
4 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 23 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Ground Ball %
1 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 46 %
2 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 17 %
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 7 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Fly Ball %
1 Carter Starnes Catawba Valley CC 2022 SS 64.7 %
2 Aidan Cannaday Catawba Valley CC 2021 1B 64.3 %
3 Sam Stowe Catawba Valley CC 2021 OF 57.1 %
4 Walker Waters East Rutherford 2021 SS 13.3 %
5 Elec Yount Catawba Valley CC 2020 SS 11.8 %