With 2022 coming to a close we begin to take a look back at the year that was.  PBR offers players a chance to connect with coaches and scouts with a full profile, including stats, advanced analytics, and video. As we look back at 2022, we take a look at the most viewed player profiles in North Carolina over the past year. All Major League Organizations and over 900 colleges are subscribed to PBR services. With all the information provided, it allows coaches and scouts to get an idea of who the player is as well as track their progress throughout their careers.

PBR will see profile hits go over 12.75 million in 2022 with an average of over 1.5 million hits per month. Some of the most popular ways to a player profile page are through event pages, tournament pages, player search, news articles, and rankings. From now to the end of 2022, we will highlight the top 10 most viewed profiles in 2022 in North Carolina.

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Most Viewed in NC - No. 1 Walker Jenkins

Walker Jenkins entered the 2022 year as one of the most watched players in the country.  Throughout the year, he continued to build on his brand, both on the field and off the field, entering 2023 as a potential 1:1 pick in the MLB Draft.

The spring season saw Jenkins lead his South Brunswick HS team to the state championship series, falling to Randleman in a great 3 game series.  Jenkins continued to play at a very high level throughout the summer and into the fall, turning heads at the PBR NPI Tournament in June, the 17U PBR National Championships in July, and at the PBR Cup this past fall.  With each big week at LakePoint, Jenkins saw his hits on his PBR Profile go through the roof as more and more national attention turned to see what those in his home state have seen for multiple years.

Scout Notes - PBR Cup (09/2022) -- A hand injury robbed Jenkins of part of his senior draft summer, but the 2023 class’s #2 player, and the most imposing prospect, hardly looked rusty while competing with his South Charlotte Panthers squad at the PBR Cup at Lakepoint. Stoic in the box with a professional approach, the country strong, 6-foot-3, 210-pound slugger went 5-for-8 in three games that included multiple extra-base hits including a walk-off home run in the Panthers’ first game of the event. Balance pervades his presence in the box with a slight crouch presenting an athletic look. A somewhat handsy trigger to the load works fluidly in connection with a minor leg kick, and while his frame is longer, there is an innate ability to remain compact throughout the stroke while creating quickness in a small window. Working short-to-long through the zone, Jenkins covers the plate with ease, and for as exciting as the power potential is, the hit-tool is the first thing of note. He effortlessly tracks pitches without being sped up, and the approach is militant with a keen sense for delivering heavy barrels no matter where or what pitch is sent his way. The boxes continue to be checked with each subsequent look, and his tunnel vision approach to development is sure to draw the admiration of every scouting department. A consummate teammate with what appears to be an unmatched work ethic, there was no fanfare or scouts around each night when Jenkins made his way to the cages to get more work in. Without question, Jenkins is a top 10 pick, and the potential that he hears his name called at 1:1 is hardly farfetched.

Scout Notes -- PBR NPI (06/2022) -- OF Walker Jenkins (South Brunswick HS, NC) enjoyed a breakout summer last year, one that ultimately resulted in him making the USA Baseball 18U National Team as an underclassman. He stands at a physical, but projectable, 6-foot-3, 210 pounds with broad shoulders and long, lean limbs. Easily one of the most physically imposing players in the class, the left-handed hitting slugger nearly takes up the entire box at the plate utilizing a reverse toe tap to trigger a short hand load before working the bat through the zone of a flat path with considerable lag. The ball jumps off the barrel at an impressive clip, and along with an innate ability to drive the ball to all fields, it seems likely that his future power will be sprayed around the park. A hard-nosed blue collar type who plays the game with tunnel vision, Jenkins went 4-for-11 on the week with a pair of extra base hits.