Prep Baseball Report

Idaho Falls Rising Stars ID: Blast Motion Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Idaho Operations

On Saturday, May 6th, PBR Idaho hosted its first Rising Stars event of the year at Bobcat Field House in Rexburg, Idaho. Rising Stars events are specifically for the 2027 and 2028 classes and give our staff a look younger prospects in the State before they head to the high school level.

The event featured 10 players from the Idaho Falls area with all of them coming from the 2027 class. This event was our first of two Rising Stars showcases this past weekend in Idaho as our staff continues to evaluate and get a look at the next crop of talent coming through the State.

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times and running splits measured by Swift Performance, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan and Blast Motion, Catch Pop Time and Velocity, Outfield Evaluation and Velocity, Infield Evaluation and Velocity and Pitcher Bullpens analyzed and assessed by TrackMan. We pride ourselves on utilizing the latest technology in the game to provide the most accurate data for both the player and those recruiting/evaluating the player.

Below, we conclude our post-event coverage with a look at the top Blast Motion metrics from the Idaho Falls Rising Stars ID.

For complete event results and stats, click here.
To view upcoming events, click here.

IDAHO FALLS RISING STARS ID | BLAST MOTION LEADERBOARD

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Top Blast Motion Performers in each swing category

Max Bat Speed - 74.7MPH | OF/C Kai Benfield - 2027, Madison
Avg. Bat Speed - 71.7MPH | OF/C Kai Benfield - 2027, Madison
Max Hand Speed - 20.8MPH | C/2B Payton Kostial - 2027 | 3B Hayden Nahay - 2027
Avg. Hand Speed - 20.3MPH | 3B Hayden Nahay - 2027, Skyline
Max On-Plane Efficiency - 88 % | OF/2B Remington Hammer - 2027, Bonneville
Avg. On-Plane Efficiency - 75 % | OF/2B Remington Hammer - 2027, Bonneville
Max Rotational Accel. - 20.1 G | OF/C Kai Benfield - 2027, Madison
Avg. Rotational Accel. - 14.7 G | OF/C Kai Benfield - 2027, Madison 

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MAX BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 74.7 mph
2 Payton Kostial ID MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 71.9 mph
3 Alex Ramos ID Madison 2027 3B 69.7 mph
4 Hayden Nahay ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 69.1 mph
5 Cole Croft ID Hillcrest 2027 SS 65.2 mph

AVG BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 71.7 mph
2 Alex Ramos ID Madison 2027 3B 66.8 mph
3 Payton Kostial ID MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 66.8 mph
4 Hayden Nahay ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 66.3 mph
5 Cole Croft ID Hillcrest 2027 SS 61.8 mph

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Payton Kostial ID MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 20.8 mph
^ Hayden Nahay ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 20.8 mph
2 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 20.7 mph
3 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 20.3 mph
4 Alex Ramos ID Madison 2027 3B 19.6 mph

AVG. HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Hayden Nahay ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 20.3 mph
2 Payton Kostial ID MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 19.7 mph
3 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 19.6 mph
4 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 19.4 mph
5 Cole Croft ID Hillcrest 2027 SS 18.9 mph

MAX ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
1 Remington Hammer ID Bonneville 2027 OF 88
2 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 80
^ Sam Chappell ID SUGAR-SALEM HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 80
3 John Giannini ID Skyline 2027 C 78
4 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 77

AVG. ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Remington Hammer ID Bonneville 2027 OF 75 %
2 Sam Chappell ID SUGAR-SALEM HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 70 %
3 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 66 %
4 John Giannini ID Skyline 2027 C 65 %
5 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 64 %

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 20.1 g
2 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 19.7 g
3 Sam Chappell ID SUGAR-SALEM HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 16.9 g
4 Hayden Nahay ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 14.4 g
^ Cole Croft ID Hillcrest 2027 SS 14.4 g

AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Kai Benfield ID Madison 2027 OF 14.7 g
2 Truman Sermon ID SKYLINE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 13.5 g
3 Sam Chappell ID SUGAR-SALEM HIGH SCHOOL 2027 SS 13.4 g
4 Payton Kostial ID MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 11.3 g
5 Cole Croft ID Hillcrest 2027 SS 10.8 g

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 PBR CA-NV-AZ-UT ProCase (Invite Only) NV 06/04 University of Southern California - Dedeaux Field
2023 PBR Idaho State Games (Invite Only) NV 06/06 College of Southern Idaho
2023 Bandits Invitational Scout Day NV 06/08 Bonneville High School
PBR Junior Future Games NATIONAL 07/25 LakePoint
2023 PBR Montana State Games NV 08/13 Bozeman, MT


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