Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Leaders: Fall ID-Triangle/ DPC Scout Day - Hitters


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

   

On Tuesday October 25th PBR of North Carolina was at DPC Baseball Academy in Clayton, NC hosting the Fall ID - Triangle and the DPC Academy Scout Day. The workout featured players in the 2024-2026 grad classes.

The evening began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight information. After the pitchers the position players ran a laser timed 60 then took live batting practice on the field with Trackman gathering information on each swing. The workout concluded with outfielders and infielders going through their defensive evaluation. 

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

Click Here for the Fall Triangle ID roster and stats

Click Here for the DPC Scout Day 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 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 96.3 mph
2 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 95.3 mph
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 90.0 mph
4 Owen Fitzsimmons NC Clayton 2025 C 89.5 mph
5 jack strom NC Millbrook 2025 OF 88.9 mph
6 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 87.4 mph
7 Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 87.2 mph
8 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 86.4 mph
9 Luke Campbell NC Corinth Holders 2025 RHP 85.0 mph
10 Cameron Bryant NC Clayton 2025 3B 84.8 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 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 88.0 mph
2 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 87.4 mph
3 Owen Fitzsimmons NC Clayton 2025 C 84.9 mph
4 jack strom NC Millbrook 2025 OF 83.8 mph
5 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 81.7 mph
6 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 79.2 mph
7 Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 79.1 mph
8 Noah Hince NC Corinth Holders 2025 2B 78.2 mph
9 Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 76.9 mph
10 Cameron Bryant NC Clayton 2025 3B 76.3 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 367 ft
2 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 341 ft
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 335 ft
4 jack strom NC Millbrook 2025 OF 324 ft
5 Owen Fitzsimmons NC Clayton 2025 C 318 ft
6 Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 312 ft
7 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 310 ft
8 Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 296 ft
9 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 293 ft
10 Ethan Chase NC Wake Early College of Health and Science 2025 OF 291 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 jack strom NC Millbrook 2025 OF 296 ft
2 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 253 ft
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 247 ft
4 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 242 ft
5 Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 238 ft
6 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 233 ft
7 Luke Campbell NC Corinth Holders 2025 RHP 230 ft
8 Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 221 ft
9 Wyatt Wert NC Wakefield 2025 1B 194 ft
10 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 191 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 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 50 %
2 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 40 %
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 12 %

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 Noah Hince NC Corinth Holders 2025 2B 64 %
2 Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 55 %
3 Ethan Engelson NC Leesville 2026 2B 54 %
4 Nolan Fuchs NC Corinth Holders 2026 2B 53 %
5 Owen Fitzsimmons NC Clayton 2025 C 45 %
6 Brayden MacArthur NC Cleveland 2026 C 41 %
7 Preston Pool NC Garner Magnet 2026 C 38 %
8 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 37 %
^ Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 37 %
9 Luke Campbell NC Corinth Holders 2025 RHP 33 %
^ Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 33 %
10 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 30 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Owen Fitzsimmons NC Clayton 2025 C 36 %
2 Noah Hince NC Corinth Holders 2025 2B 35 %
3 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 30 %
^ Cameron Bryant NC Clayton 2025 3B 30 %
4 Ethan Chase NC Wake Early College of Health and Science 2025 OF 27 %
5 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 25 %
6 Nolan Fuchs NC Corinth Holders 2026 2B 23 %
^ Preston Pool NC Garner Magnet 2026 C 23 %
7 Brayden MacArthur NC Cleveland 2026 C 16 %
8 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 15 %
9 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 11 %
^ Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 11 %
10 Wyatt Wert NC Wakefield 2025 1B 8 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Hansel Diaz NC Athens Drive 2025 2B 77.8 %
2 jack strom NC Millbrook 2025 OF 66.7 %
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 62.5 %
4 Luke Campbell NC Corinth Holders 2025 RHP 58.3 %
5 Will Hicks NC Cleveland 2025 RHP 50.0 %
^ Bryce Fitzsimmons NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 50.0 %
6 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 46.2 %
7 Cameron Bryant NC Clayton 2025 3B 40.0 %
8 Dominic Pegues NC Clayton 2024 1B 37.5 %
9 Ethan Engelson NC Leesville 2026 2B 36.4 %
^ Ethan Chase NC Wake Early College of Health and Science 2025 OF 36.4 %
10 Cameron Tarkenton NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 SS 33.3 %
^ Brayden MacArthur NC Cleveland 2026 C 33.3 %
^ Wyatt Wert NC Wakefield 2025 1B 33.3 %