Prep Baseball Report

Holiday Hitters - Burlington: Hitting Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Prep Baseball Canada

On Thursday, the PBR Ontario staff hosted the first of its three part Holiday Hitters Series, Holiday Hitters - Burlington, at Strike Zone Training in Burlington, Ontario. This event featured roughly 45 players from the across the province in the 2024 - 2028 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at how players are progressing this winter as players received several extended rounds of BP utilizing our TrackMan for the complete breakdown and metrics.

Today, we will take an in-depth look at the top position players and metrics with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 98.4 mph
2 Trent Black ON Philip Pocock Catholic 2024 OF 95.2 mph
3 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 94.4 mph
4 Carter Celerian ON Mayfield Secondary 2026 C 94.0 mph
5 Colby DesRoches ON Welland Centennial 2024 1B 93.1 mph
6 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 93.0 mph
7 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 92.5 mph
8 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 91.8 mph
9 Dylan Loranger ON Richview Collegiate 2025 3B 91.5 mph
10 Lucian Donald ON Silverthorn 2027 1B 91.0 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 89.8 mph
2 Trent Black ON Philip Pocock Catholic 2024 OF 86.1 mph
3 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 85.8 mph
4 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 85.5 mph
5 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 84.1 mph
6 Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 84.0 mph
7 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 82.8 mph
8 Stephen De Rose ON St. Joan of Arc 2025 1B 81.9 mph
9 Bryce Cross ON Christ The King 2025 OF 81.5 mph
10 Logan Cummins ON Joan of Arc 2026 SS 81.0 mph

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 338 ft
2 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 330 ft
3 Colby DesRoches ON Welland Centennial 2024 1B 330 ft
4 Trent Black ON Philip Pocock Catholic 2024 OF 327 ft
5 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 325 ft
6 Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 323 ft
7 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 322 ft
8 Jayden Pavao ON Bishop Tonnos 2025 3B 316 ft
9 Bryce Cross ON Christ The King 2025 OF 315 ft
10 Noah Geerlings ON Centre Wellington District 2025 RHP 309 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 241 ft
2 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 240 ft
3 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 234 ft
4 Caleb Smith ON E.L. Crossley 2026 C 230 ft
5 Austin Neilson ON London South Collegiate 2025 C 225 ft
6 Jayden Pavao ON Bishop Tonnos 2025 3B 224 ft
7 Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 222 ft
8 Colby DesRoches ON Welland Centennial 2024 1B 220 ft
9 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 214 ft
10 Joshua Samuels ON Maple 2025 RHP 212 ft

HARD HIT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 68 %
2 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 33 %
^ Trent Black ON Philip Pocock Catholic 2024 OF 33 %
3 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 27 %
4 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 17 %
5 Colby DesRoches ON Welland Centennial 2024 1B 10 %
6 Carter Celerian ON Mayfield Secondary 2026 C 10 %
7 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 6 %
8 Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 6 %
9 Stephen De Rose ON St. Joan of Arc 2025 1B 4 %

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Joshua Samuels ON Maple 2025 RHP 89 %
2 Logan Melo ON John Paul II 2025 3B 81 %
3 Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 81 %
4 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 80 %
5 Ezra Krulicki ON Waterloo Oxford 2025 OF 77 %
6 Lucas Cordeiro ON Michael Power/St Josephs 2026 SS 76 %
7 Jalen Pacampara ON St. Martins 2025 SS 75 %
8 Matthew Tan ON Holy Trinity 2025 3B 72 %
9 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 69 %
10 Nathan Malinowski ON Craig Keilburger 2025 SS 68 %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

LINE DRIVE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Jalen Pacampara ON St. Martins 2025 SS 58 %
2 AJ Dubeau ON Macdonald Cartier 2025 SS 56 %
3 Owen Gowland ON Georgetown 2024 1B 55 %
4 Joshua Bushen ON TA Blakelock 2024 C 53 %
5 Stephen De Rose ON St. Joan of Arc 2025 1B 52 %
6 Jack Rossetti ON Humberside Collegiate 2025 SS 52 %
7 Ezra Krulicki ON Waterloo Oxford 2025 OF 51 %
8 Niko Porco ON St. Mary 2027 OF 51 %
9 Joshua Samuels ON Maple 2025 RHP 50 %
^ Carter Celerian ON Mayfield Secondary 2026 C 50 %
^ Austin Neilson ON London South Collegiate 2025 C 50 %
^ Christian Planche ON St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 2025 1B 50 %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 Holiday Hitters Series - Toronto ON 01/03 NRS Institute
2024 Canadian College & University Showcase ON 02/03 BP Sports Park
Super 60 Pro Showcase NATIONAL 02/04 The MAX - McCook, IL
2024 Greater Toronto Preseason ID ON 02/19 Vaughan Sportsplex
2024 Canada Reds Academy Scout Day ON 02/23 Russell Sports Dome
2024 Terriers Scout Day ON 04/24 King's Christian Collegiate
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) ON 08/29 Ontario

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