On Saturday February 11th, PBR of North Carolina hosted its final Preseason All State Event of 2023 at the spacious Diamond Xtreme Facility in Kernersville, NC.  The Preseason All State Events have become the premier winter event in NC featuring some of the top talent from across the state. The events feature players from the 2023-2026 grad classes.

The event began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting advanced data. Once the pitchers were done the position players ran a laser timed 30. After the running outfielders and infielders went through a defensive evaluation. The night concluded with players taking batting practice in the open cage with Trackman gathering ball flight analytics. 

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

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Trackman 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.

2023's & 2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Bryant Kimbrell	NC	Pinecrest	2024	3B	102.9 mph
2	John McKillop	NC	Charlotte Catholic	2024	1B	100.4 mph
3	Blaize Johnson	NC	Northwest Guilford	2024	C	98.6 mph
4	Joshua Herbert	NC	East Forsyth	2023	OF	95.7 mph
5	Davin Whitaker	NC	Davie County	2023	OF	95.1 mph
6	Ryan Honeycutt	NC	Orange	2024	C	95.0 mph
7	Jake Pereira	NC	Willow Spring	2024	SS	94.8 mph
8	Gavin Turner	NC	Cary	2024	SS	94.7 mph
9	Cameron Richey	NC	Southern Lee	2024	OF	94.4 mph
10	Mason Middleton	NC	Reagan	2024	RHP	94.1 mph

2025's & 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Seth Tickel	NC	Rocky Mount Academy	2025	3B	97.0 mph
2	Kelvyn Paulino Jr	NC	Ledford	2025	3B	96.6 mph
3	Jaxon Matthews	NC	Hough	2026	OF	95.9 mph
4	Prince Zion Odom	NC	High Point Christian	2025	OF	95.7 mph
5	Connor Tregoning	NC	Ronald W Reagan High School	2026	1B	95.4 mph
6	Connor Robertson	NC	Mooresville	2025	3B	94.3 mph
7	Adrian Gonzalez	NC	Apex High	2025	3B	94.2 mph
8	Noah Rhoades	NC	Holly Springs	2026	LHP	94.1 mph
9	Angel Pichardo	NC	Ledford	2025	OF	93.7 mph
10	Tucker Payton	NC	South Point	2026	SS	92.5 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.

2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's

PEAK DISTANCE

2023's & 2024's

 2025's & 2026's

AVERAGE DISTANCE

2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's

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.

 2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's

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 %

2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's

Ground Ball %

2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's

Fly Ball %

2023's & 2024's

2025's & 2026's