Prep Baseball Report

TrackMan Hitting Leaders: Dirtbags Fall Scout Day


Brandon Hall
Mid-Atlantic Scouting Director

PBR of North Carolina went just across the border to Danville, VA to run a PBR Scout Day with the Dirtbags.  A small group of Dirtbag players attended but it gave PBR scouts a chance to know the players in attendance and walk many of them through their first PBR Event.

Below we will highlight players that attended the event.  For the full roster and stat package you can click HERE.

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 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 93.6 mph
2 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 92.2 mph
3 Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 88.7 mph
4 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 88.0 mph
5 Fletcher Owens NC Homeschool (NC) 2027 2B 84.7 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 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 82.0 mph
2 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 79.7 mph
3 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 78.0 mph
4 Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 77.3 mph
5 Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 76.1 mph

DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.


Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 328 ft
2 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 313 ft
3 Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 306 ft
4 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 295 ft
5 Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 292 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 239 ft
2 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 221 ft
3 Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 197 ft
4 Jason Linder VA King George 2025 SS 194 ft
5 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 164 ft


SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow how hard the ball is hit as well as the angle off the bat. With this information, TrackMan has deduced the Sweet Spot as batted balls hit with a launch angle of 8 - 32 degrees.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Jason Linder VA King George 2025 SS 56 %
2 Fletcher Owens NC Homeschool (NC) 2027 2B 53 %
^ Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 53 %
3 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 46 %
4 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 46 %
5 Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 45 %

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 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 38 %
2 Donaven Wright NC ROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY 2028 2B 27 %
^ Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 27 %
3 Fletcher Owens NC Homeschool (NC) 2027 2B 26 %
^ Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 26 %
4 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 25 %
^ Jason Linder VA King George 2025 SS 25 %
5 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 13 %

Fly Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Thomas Smith NC Cannon 2027 RHP 53.3 %
2 Jason Linder VA King George 2025 SS 50.0 %
3 Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 45.5 %
4 Fletcher Owens NC Homeschool (NC) 2027 2B 40.0 %
^ Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 40.0 %
5 Cooper Partin NC Southern Alamance 2027 1B 38.5 %

Ground Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Joshua Anderson II NC Willow Spring 2025 RHP 46 %
2 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 37 %
3 Fletcher Owens NC Homeschool (NC) 2027 2B 33 %
4 Donaven Wright NC ROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY 2028 2B 27 %
^ Nicholas Young NC Person 2025 SS 27 %
5 Jason Linder VA King George 2025 SS 18 %