For the second year, the NC/SC Border Battle was one of the most anticipated events of the summer.  This year saw the event moved to BB&T Point Stadium in High Point, NC, home of the High Point Rockers Independent Professional club.  Hosted at Winthrop in 2019, the 2020 event was suppose to be at UNC Charlotte, but moved to High Point with the ongoing NCAA Dead Period on recruiting. 

With the move, the event saw more of a North Carolina flavor as most players and families are still working to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 issues.  Due to the NCAA Dead Period, the event was live streamed utilizing multiple camera angles to allow college coaches to view from their offices. 

Position players were taken through a full pro-style workout, with a laser timed 60, full offensive workout, and a full defensive workout.  The pro-style workout was followed by a controlled scrimmage with pitchers throwing to live hitters.  PBR Scouts were on hand to evaluate and report on the players in attendance.

CLICK HERE to see the full roster and statistics from the 2020 NC/SC Border Battle

 

By the Numbers:

• 73 players were a part of the NC/SC Border Battle
• 61  players went through the pro-style workout
• 28 pitchers threw in the controlled scrimmages
• 92 mph was the top fastball thrown on the day
• 8 arms worked at 87 mph or higher
• 84 mph was the median fastball for the event
• 4 players ran sub-7.00 on the laser timer
• 23 players ran sub-7.20 sixties
• 14 position players posted a positional velocity of 85 mph or higher in their workout
• 90 mph was the top infield velocity
• 91 mph was the top outfield velocity
• 86 mph was the top catcher velocity, working out of the crouch
• 2 hitters posted an exit velocity of 100+ mph off the tee
• 22 hitters worked at 90 mph or higher off the tee with their exit velocity
• 8 hitters posted exit velocities of 88 mph or higher in live BP

 

Trackman/Blast Leaderboard

TRACKMAN DATA

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (LIVE BP)

This exit velocity differs from the exit velocity posted in the stats information on the event page.  The exit velocity below is from live BP, instead of off a tee, tacked by the TrackMan.

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	AVG Exit Velo
1	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	94
2	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	92.63
3	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	91.9
4	Cody Chapman	Gaston Christian	RHP/1B	2021	90.41
5	Bailey Smith	Ledford	C/RHP	2022	88.52
6	Clay Clinard	Clayton	SS/3B	2021	88.4
7	Jackson Hull	Carroll County	RHP/SS	2021	88.27
8	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	88.04
9	Alex Levesque	Corinth Holders	C/OF	2022	87.7
10	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	87.69

MAXIMUM EXIT VELOCITY (LIVE BP)

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	MAX Exit Velo
1	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	100.1
2	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	99.9
3	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	98.3
4	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	98
5	Cody Chapman	Gaston Christian	RHP/1B	2021	97.1
6	Jake Overton	Home School	3B/OF	2022	96.7
7	Luke Osteen	Hough	OF/RHP	2021	95.7
8	Nolan Lawrence	Northern Guilford	3B/RHP	2021	95.3
9	William Gray	Mount Pleasant	SS/2B	2021	95.1
10	Sean Donahue	Durham Academy	C/3B	2022	95

AVERAGE DISTANCE

TrackMan will track the baseball off the bat.  In a live BP setting on the field, TrackMan will continue to track the baseball until it lands.  Below is the average distance of the balls put in play, in fair territory, by hitters.

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	AVG Distance
1	Kaden Smith	Western Alamance	1B/C	2021	321.11
2	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	314.28
3	Braeden Murray	DH Conley	1B/3B	2022	303.8
4	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	294.9
5	Landon Sykes	Holly Springs	RHP/3B	2022	279.3
6	Bailey Smith	Ledford	C/RHP	2022	272.51
7	Sean Donahue	Durham Academy	C/3B	2022	269.66
8	Jackson Hull	Carroll County	RHP/SS	2021	267.61
9	Jake Overton	Home School	3B/OF	2022	264.98
10	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	259.73

MAXIMUM DISTANCE

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	Max
1	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	386.2
2	Luke Osteen	Hough	OF/RHP	2021	376.8
3	Kaden Smith	Western Alamance	1B/C	2021	368.7
4	Bailey Smith	Ledford	C/RHP	2022	367.1
5	Clay Clinard	Clayton	SS/3B	2021	363.1
6	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	361.3
7	William Gray	Mount Pleasant	SS/2B	2021	353.11
8	Joey Bouck	Cardinal Gibbons	SS/2B	2021	351.1
9	Braeden Murray	DH Conley	1B/3B	2022	350.9
10	Ben Buchman	East Chapel Hill	OF/C	2021	348.3

*Jeb Despard may have had a BP shot go close to the 380ft mark... The ipad tracking that portion of BP overheated as the turf at BB&T Point reached over 120 degrees.  All the information above is what was recorded.  Minimal swings were missed, but the shot from Despard was missed.

 

BLAST MOTION SENSOR DATA

 

BAT SPEED

Ideal Ranges:
MLB:  66-78mph
MiLB:  63-75mph
College:  66-75mph
HS Varsity: 60-70mph

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	AVG BatSpeed
1	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	80
2	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	78.7
3	Hampton Gilchrist	Hough	RHP/OF	2021	77.6
4	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	77.6
5	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	77.1
6	Talor Grubbs	SE Guilford	2B/RHP	2022	75.7
7	Kaden Smith	Western Alamance	1B/C	2021	73.4
8	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	73.4
9	Landon Sykes	Holly Springs	RHP/3B	2022	72.8
10	Jacob Trivette	Page	C/1B	2022	72.6

Rank	NAME	HS	Pos	Grad	MAX Bat Speed
1	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	86
2	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	85.9
3	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	83.2
4	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	81.9
5	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	80.5
6	Jacob Trivette	Page	C/1B	2022	79.1
7	Hampton Gilchrist	Hough	RHP/OF	2021	78.7
8	Talor Grubbs	SE Guilford	2B/RHP	2022	78
9	Landon Sykes	Holly Springs	RHP/3B	2022	76.5
10	Kaden Smith	Western Alamance	1B/C	2021	76.4
11	Braeden Murray	DH Conley	1B/3B	2022	76.4

PEAK HAND SPEED

Ideal Ranges:
MLB: 23-29mph
MILB: 22-28mph
College: 21-23mph
HS Varsity: 19-22mph

Rank	NAME	HS	Pos	Grad	Average
1	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	25.8
2	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	25.7
3	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	25.4
4	Jaxon Rauber	SW Guilford	OF	2021	24.6
5	Alex Levesque	Corinth Holders	C/OF	2022	24
6	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	23.9
7	Nolan Lawrence	Northern Guilford	3B/RHP	2021	23.7
8	Jacob Trivette	Page	C/1B	2022	23.6
9	Jake Overton	Home School	3B/OF	2022	23.5
10	Talor Grubbs	SE Guilford	2B/RHP	2022	23.5

Rank	NAME	HS	Pos	Grad	Maximum
1	Alec DeMartino	Millbork	OF	2021	27.9
2	Cody Chapman	Gaston Christian	RHP/1B	2021	26.9
3	Tyler Spruill	HIllside	OF	2021	26.9
4	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	26.6
5	Jaxon Rauber	SW Guilford	OF	2021	26.5
6	Noah Thomas	Rolesville	OF	2021	26
7	Nolan Lawrence	Northern Guilford	3B/RHP	2021	25.5
8	Alex Levesque	Corinth Holders	C/OF	2022	25.5
9	Jacob Trivette	Page	C/1B	2022	25.5
10	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	25.3

TIME TO CONTACT

Ideal Ranges:
MLB: 0.13 - 0.17 sec
MiLB: 0.13 - 0.17
College: 0.14 - 0.16
HS Varsity: 0.15 - 0.18

Rank	Name	HS	Pos	Grad	AVG
1	Jacob Trivette	Page	C/1B	2022	0.13
2	Banks Cox	West Forsyth	C/RHP	2021	0.13
3	Bryson Horney	Union Pines	3B/SS	2021	0.13
4	Jeb Despard	Marvin Ridge	C/3B	2021	0.13