Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Leaders: NC ProCase


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

Prep Baseball Report of North Carolina has become the most trusted independent scouting source in North Carolina, and across the country. Prep Baseball Report is used by all 30 Major League Baseball Organizations. Each year PBR of North Carolina hosts some of the top draft prospects in North Carolina. On Sunday February 12th PBR of North Carolina hosted its ProCase at Diamond Xtreme in Kernersville, NC with top talent in the 2023 and 2024 Classes working out in front of pro scouts. 

Pitchers and catchers were up first. Catchers were able to go through a full defensive workout, throwing through to 2B at the spacious indoor facility.  Pitchers threw controlled bullpens, one at a time, with Trackman gathering advanced analytics.  Following the pitchers, hitters took live BP in the open atmosphere of Diamond Xtreme with Trackman gathering ball flight data. The event ended with the infielders and outfielders going through a defensive workout and running a laser timed 30. 

Below we begin our breakdown of another talented ProCase in NC. 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 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 100.8 mph
2 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 100.0 mph
3 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 99.8 mph
4 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 98.9 mph
5 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 98.6 mph
6 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 97.0 mph
7 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 95.7 mph
8 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 95.5 mph
9 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 93.5 mph
10 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 92.4 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 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 94.6 mph
2 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 92.8 mph
3 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 92.1 mph
4 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 91.4 mph
5 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 90.7 mph
6 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 90.3 mph
7 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 90.0 mph
8 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 89.3 mph
9 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 87.5 mph
10 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 83.3 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 400 ft
2 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 382 ft
3 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 363 ft
4 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 363 ft
5 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 358 ft
6 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 351 ft
7 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 347 ft
8 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 340 ft
9 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 325 ft
10 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 316 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 286 ft
2 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 267 ft
3 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 228 ft
4 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 228 ft
5 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 222 ft
6 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 207 ft
7 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 207 ft
8 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 194 ft
9 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 156 ft
10 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 109 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 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 81 %
2 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 80 %
3 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 76 %
4 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 61 %
^ Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 61 %
5 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 57 %
6 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 55 %
7 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 52 %
8 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 35 %
9 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 31 %

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 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 72 %
2 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 57 %
3 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 55 %
4 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 50 %
5 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 47 %
6 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 47 %
7 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 40 %
8 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 36 %
9 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 31 %
10 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 22 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 72 %
2 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 47 %
3 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 37 %
4 Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 36 %
5 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 30 %
6 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 29 %
7 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 26 %
8 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 16 %
9 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 10 %
10 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 9 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Davin Whitaker NC Davie County 2023 OF 35.0 %
2 Perry Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2024 SS 33.3 %
3 Isaac Armstrong NC East Lincoln 2023 SS 30.0 %
4 Cooper Allen NC Wake Forest 2023 3B 26.3 %
^ Jason Parsons Jr NC Southwest Guilford 2024 C 26.3 %
5 Tyler White NC Person 2023 C 23.5 %
6 Sawyer Black NC Wesleyan Christian 2024 OF 21.1 %
7 Tristan Salinas NC Watauga 2023 SS 12.5 %
8 Nick Parham NC T.C. Roberson 2023 SS 11.1 %
9 Blake Crawford NC North Lenoir 2024 OF 5.6 %