On Sunday February 5th PBR of North Carolina was on hand in Wilmington, NC for the Wilmington Preseason ID and a Scout Day with the Team Beast Organization. The day featured players from the 2023-2027 grad classes. 

The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After the pitchers, players ran a laser timed 30 then infielders and outfielders went through a defensive workout. The day concluded with players taking batting practice with Trackman gathering advanced metrics. 

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

Click here for Wilmington ID roster and stats.

Click here for Team Beast roster and stats.

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	Grant Pyrtle	NC	Laney	2023	RHP	94.5 mph
2	TJ Ziermann	NC	Laney	2025	SS	93.8 mph
3	Zak Stear	NC	Cleveland	2024	SS	92.5 mph
4	Kayleb Wray	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	RHP	91.4 mph
5	Dylan Stacks	NC	North Brunswick	2026	3B	85.4 mph
6	Jonah Campbell	NC	North Brunswick	2026	OF	84.4 mph
7	Cooper Uhland	NC	Heidi Trask	2027	C	83.3 mph
8	Andrew Piner	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	OF	81.4 mph
9	Jaydence Gooding	NC	West Carteret	2026	1B	79.7 mph
10	Bryson Ponsock	NC	Dixon	2025	SS	77.3 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	Grant Pyrtle	NC	Laney	2023	RHP	86.3 mph
2	Zak Stear	NC	Cleveland	2024	SS	85.9 mph
3	TJ Ziermann	NC	Laney	2025	SS	85.7 mph
4	Kayleb Wray	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	RHP	84.1 mph
5	Dylan Stacks	NC	North Brunswick	2026	3B	79.6 mph
6	Cooper Uhland	NC	Heidi Trask	2027	C	74.8 mph
7	Andrew Piner	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	OF	74.3 mph
8	Jaydence Gooding	NC	West Carteret	2026	1B	72.0 mph
9	Bryson Ponsock	NC	Dixon	2025	SS	71.9 mph
10	Jonah Campbell	NC	North Brunswick	2026	OF	70.4 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	TJ Ziermann	NC	Laney	2025	SS	351 ft
2	Grant Pyrtle	NC	Laney	2023	RHP	328 ft
3	Kayleb Wray	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	RHP	310 ft
4	Dylan Stacks	NC	North Brunswick	2026	3B	304 ft
5	Zak Stear	NC	Cleveland	2024	SS	278 ft
6	Cooper Uhland	NC	Heidi Trask	2027	C	274 ft
7	Andrew Piner	NC	Eugene Ashley	2024	OF	271 ft
8	Lawrence Gould	NC	West Carteret	2026	SS	245 ft
9	Bennett Walters	NC	Hoggard	2027	C	239 ft
10	Luke Byers	NC	New Bern	2027	3B	225 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 %

Ground Ball %

Fly Ball %