Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Leaders: Athletes Lab Scout Day


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Saturday January 28th PBR of North Carolina was at the Athletes Lab Performance Center in Maiden, NC for a Scout Day with the Alab Organization. The scout day featured players from the 2024-2027 grad classes. 

The day started with catcher, outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation outside on the 100 yard turf field. Following the defensive evaluations players ran a laser timed 60 then headed indoors for batting practice. Trackman was used during the offensive evaluations collecting ball flight data. The day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering advanced analytics. 

Below we begin our breakdown of players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days. 

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Trackman Hitting Leaders

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 State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 94.7 mph
2 Collin Chappel NC Maiden 2025 RHP 91.8 mph
3 Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 89.9 mph
4 Evan Matile NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 88.0 mph
5 Cade Norton SC Blue Ridge 2024 C 87.3 mph
6 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 86.8 mph
7 Jake Henderson NC Watauga 2024 OF 86.5 mph
8 Cade Gaither NC West Iredell 2024 OF 86.0 mph
9 Nathan Rollins NC Lincoln Charter 2025 SS 84.9 mph
10 Hayden Haynes NC Maiden 2026 OF 84.9 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 State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 85.9 mph
2 Collin Chappel NC Maiden 2025 RHP 82.2 mph
3 Jake Henderson NC Watauga 2024 OF 81.8 mph
4 Cade Norton SC Blue Ridge 2024 C 80.7 mph
5 Jameson Hodges NC Watauga 2024 2B 79.8 mph
6 JT Smith NC Hendersonville 2025 C 79.7 mph
7 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 79.3 mph
8 Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 77.9 mph
9 Cade Gaither NC West Iredell 2024 OF 77.8 mph
10 Evan Matile NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 77.8 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 313 ft
2 Cade Norton SC Blue Ridge 2024 C 311 ft
3 Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 308 ft
4 Collin Chappel NC Maiden 2025 RHP 300 ft
5 Justin Horne NC Lincoln Charter 2025 C 293 ft
6 Adam Rodgers NC Lincoln Charter 2026 MIF 286 ft
7 Jake Henderson NC Watauga 2024 OF 286 ft
8 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 277 ft
9 Hayden Haynes NC Maiden 2026 OF 271 ft
10 Zeke Adwaters III NC TC Roberson 2026 SS 269 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Cade Norton SC Blue Ridge 2024 C 255 ft
2 Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 237 ft
3 Justin Horne NC Lincoln Charter 2025 C 227 ft
4 Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 221 ft
5 Zeke Adwaters III NC TC Roberson 2026 SS 184 ft
6 Adam Rodgers NC Lincoln Charter 2026 MIF 170 ft
7 Nathan Rollins NC Lincoln Charter 2025 SS 162 ft
8 Evan Burroughs NC Watauga 2026 SS 161 ft
9 Landon Childress SC Powdersville 2025 1B 155 ft
10 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 150 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 State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 30 %
2 Collin Chappel NC Maiden 2025 RHP 8 %

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 State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Cade Gaither NC West Iredell 2024 OF 61 %
2 Jameson Hodges NC Watauga 2024 2B 55 %
3 JT Smith NC Hendersonville 2025 C 50 %
4 Adam Rodgers NC Lincoln Charter 2026 MIF 45 %
5 Hayden Haynes NC Maiden 2026 OF 42 %
^ Nathan Rollins NC Lincoln Charter 2025 SS 42 %
6 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 41 %
7 Justin Horne NC Lincoln Charter 2025 C 40 %
8 JT Roche NC East Lincoln High School 2026 OF 38 %
^ Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 38 %
^ Landon Childress SC Powdersville 2025 1B 38 %
9 Evan Burroughs NC Watauga 2026 SS 37 %
10 Thomas Mast NC Maiden 2025 OF 33 %
^ Kilby Hartley TN Baylor 2027 2B 33 %
^ Zeke Adwaters III NC TC Roberson 2026 SS 33 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Jake Henderson NC Watauga 2024 OF 72 %
2 Thomas Mast NC Maiden 2025 OF 58 %
3 JT Roche NC East Lincoln High School 2026 OF 53 %
4 Evan Matile NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 50 %
^ JT Smith NC Hendersonville 2025 C 50 %
^ Kilby Hartley TN Baylor 2027 2B 50 %
^ Collin Chappel NC Maiden 2025 RHP 50 %
5 Webb Williams NC Fred T. Foard 2026 1B 46 %
6 Harper Henson NC East Lincoln 2026 3B 45 %
7 Jameson Hodges NC Watauga 2024 2B 44 %
8 Hayden Haynes NC Maiden 2026 OF 35 %
9 Jace Duckworth NC Robert L. Patton 2024 OF 33 %
10 Cade Gaither NC West Iredell 2024 OF 30 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Cade Norton SC Blue Ridge 2024 C 80.0 %
2 Justin Horne NC Lincoln Charter 2025 C 60.0 %
^ Cale Ball NC Madison 2024 1B 60.0 %
3 Garrett Wagoner WV Spring Valley 2025 OF 53.8 %
4 Logan Yockey NC Wilkes Central 2027 OF 47.1 %
5 Zeke Adwaters III NC TC Roberson 2026 SS 41.7 %
6 Landon Childress SC Powdersville 2025 1B 38.5 %
7 Evan Burroughs NC Watauga 2026 SS 37.5 %
8 Harper Henson NC East Lincoln 2026 3B 36.4 %
9 Adam Rodgers NC Lincoln Charter 2026 MIF 29.2 %
10 Nathan Rollins NC Lincoln Charter 2025 SS 28.6 %