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On Wednesday June 1st PBR of North Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at DPC in Clayton, 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 2023-2027 grad classes. 

The Day began with players running a laser timed 60 along with having jumping metrics recorded by Swift Technology. Position Players then took batting practice on the field with Trackman recording ball flight data. After BP, catchers, infielders and outfielders went through a defensive evaluation. The day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. 

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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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	Dylan Kelly	NC	Lee County	2023	C	94.5 mph
2	Riley Treadaway	NC	DH Conley	2024	RHP	94.3 mph
3	Coleman McGinnis	NC	Eastern Alamance	2023	C	93.1 mph
4	Nathan Bunch	NC	Athens Drive Magnet	2024	1B	92.9 mph
5	Will Hicks	NC	Cleveland	2025	RHP	91.2 mph
6	Mason Moffett	NC	Wayne Country Day	2023	OF	90.7 mph
7	Alex Blackmon	NC	Middle Creek	2023	C	89.4 mph
8	Jason Parsons Jr	NC	Southwest Guilford	2024	C	89.3 mph
9	Chase Klingemann	NC	Apex	2024	SS	87.6 mph
10	Caden Christman	NC	Pro5 Academy	2024	C	86.2 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	Dylan Kelly	NC	Lee County	2023	C	88.4 mph
2	Riley Treadaway	NC	DH Conley	2024	RHP	85.3 mph
3	Mason Moffett	NC	Wayne Country Day	2023	OF	84.4 mph
4	Will Hicks	NC	Cleveland	2025	RHP	84.4 mph
5	Nathan Bunch	NC	Athens Drive Magnet	2024	1B	84.3 mph
6	Coleman McGinnis	NC	Eastern Alamance	2023	C	83.6 mph
7	Chase Klingemann	NC	Apex	2024	SS	82.1 mph
8	Adrian Gonzalez	NC	Apex High	2025	3B	79.5 mph
9	Alex Blackmon	NC	Middle Creek	2023	C	79.4 mph
10	Caden Christman	NC	Pro5 Academy	2024	C	77.9 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Nathan Bunch	NC	Athens Drive Magnet	2024	1B	357 ft
2	Mason Moffett	NC	Wayne Country Day	2023	OF	348 ft
3	Dylan Kelly	NC	Lee County	2023	C	337 ft
4	Chase Klingemann	NC	Apex	2024	SS	325 ft
5	Will Hicks	NC	Cleveland	2025	RHP	323 ft
6	Jason Parsons Jr	NC	Southwest Guilford	2024	C	323 ft
7	Caden Christman	NC	Pro5 Academy	2024	C	320 ft
8	Alex Blackmon	NC	Middle Creek	2023	C	317 ft
9	Riley Treadaway	NC	DH Conley	2024	RHP	311 ft
10	Adrian Gonzalez	NC	Apex High	2025	3B	306 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

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.

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 %

Fly Ball %

Ground Ball %