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Tue June 7, 2022
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On Sunday May 29th PBR of North Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at JP Riddle Stadium in Fayetteville, NC. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like NC/SC Border Battle, PBR Southeast Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, and the PBR Future Games. The event featured players from the 2023-2026 grad classes.
The day began with catchers going through a full defensive workout. Pitchers then threw a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering ball flight analytics. Following the pitchers, position players ran a laser timed 60 and also had jumping metrics recorded using Swift Technology. Position players then took batting practice on the field with Trackman collection ball flight data. The day concluded with outfielders and infielders taking part in a defensive workout.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance looking at the top performers in different categories. Look for more statistics and information to follow in the coming days.
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Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
82.4 mph
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
82.0 mph
3
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
80.3 mph
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
79.7 mph
Average Effective Velocity
Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement. With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Eff Velocity (avg)
1
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
83.4 mph
2
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
81.8 mph
3
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
78.5 mph
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
78.2 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2330 rpm
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
2208 rpm
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1990 rpm
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1840 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2222 rpm
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
2086 rpm
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1835 rpm
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1724 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Movement
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
15.6 in
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
14.6 in
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
14.4 in
4
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
8.3 in
Average Horizontal Movement
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
17.6
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
16.6
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
-11.4
4
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
-6.5
Peak Spin Score
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Score (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
28
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
28
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
24
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
23
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
74.4 mph
2
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
72.6 mph
3
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
70.2 mph
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
62.0 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2151 rpm
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
1967 rpm
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1964 rpm
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1712 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2130 rpm
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1889 rpm
3
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
1886 rpm
4
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1667 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
-3.6 in
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
2.4 in
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1.0 in
4
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
-0.4 in
Average Horizontal Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
5.3
2
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
4.8
3
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
-2.7
4
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
-0.6
Peak Spin Score
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Score (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
30
2
Edwin Speas
NC
Wake Forest
2025
MIF
28
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
27
4
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
26
Peak Velocity
Peak Spin Rate
Average Spin Rate
Average Induced Vertical Break
Average Horizontal Break
Peak Spin Score
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
80.2 mph
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
77.8 mph
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
64.0 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2178 rpm
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1966 rpm
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1537 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
2063 rpm
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
1893 rpm
3
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
1505 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
14.6 in
2
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
12.7 in
3
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
6.0 in
Average Horizontal Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
14.3
2
Connor Shoulders
NC
Dixon
2023
LHP
-11.8
3
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
-9.4