Prep Baseball Report

Alberta Fall Open - Session 1: Positional Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, PBR Canada

On Thursday, September 21st, the PBR Alberta staff travelled into Calgary to host the first of two Alberta Fall Open ID at Optimist Athletic Park in Calgary, Alberta. This event featured 30+ players in the 2024 - 2027 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, as well as collect updated metrics via our tech partners TrackMan and Swift Performance.

Earlier this week, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive. Now, we will take a further 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 Zackary Wagstaff AB William Aberhart 2023 RHP 96.8 mph
2 Cas Herold AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 C 93.6 mph
3 Zach Lausch AB Bellerose 2024 OF 90.9 mph
4 Zayden Gukert AB National Sport School 2024 RHP 89.7 mph
5 Jack Reynolds AB WH Croxford 2024 RHP 87.1 mph
6 Cody Schuck AB Heritage Christian Academy 2026 C 86.3 mph
7 Fraser McMillan AB Joanne Cardinal Schubert 2025 OF 85.9 mph
8 Malik Robbins AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 84.5 mph
9 Keaton Dickie AB Foundations for the Future Charter Academy 2025 OF 83.8 mph
10 Ray Han AB Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 83.0 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Jack Reynolds AB WH Croxford 2024 RHP 79.8 mph
2 Zach Lausch AB Bellerose 2024 OF 78.8 mph
3 Zackary Wagstaff AB William Aberhart 2023 RHP 77.9 mph
4 Ray Han AB Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 77.8 mph
5 Cas Herold AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 C 77.7 mph
6 Cody Schuck AB Heritage Christian Academy 2026 C 76.9 mph
7 Pryce Velichko AB Medicine Hat 2025 SS 76.3 mph
8 Zayden Gukert AB National Sport School 2024 RHP 76.2 mph
9 Fraser McMillan AB Joanne Cardinal Schubert 2025 OF 75.1 mph
10 Santiago Rodriguez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 OF 74.1 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 Zackary Wagstaff AB William Aberhart 2023 RHP 341 ft
2 Zach Lausch AB Bellerose 2024 OF 334 ft
3 Cody Schuck AB Heritage Christian Academy 2026 C 310 ft
4 Santiago Rodriguez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 OF 304 ft
5 Zayden Gukert AB National Sport School 2024 RHP 296 ft
6 Jack Reynolds AB WH Croxford 2024 RHP 293 ft
7 Ray Han AB Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 291 ft
8 Jake Markowsky AB Central Memorial 2024 SS 290 ft
9 Malik Robbins AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 288 ft
10 Pryce Velichko AB Medicine Hat 2025 SS 269 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Santiago Rodriguez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 OF 229 ft
2 Zach Lausch AB Bellerose 2024 OF 226 ft
3 Jake Markowsky AB Central Memorial 2024 SS 225 ft
4 Zayden Gukert AB National Sport School 2024 RHP 216 ft
5 Cas Herold AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 C 209 ft
6 Zackary Wagstaff AB William Aberhart 2023 RHP 196 ft
7 Cody Schuck AB Heritage Christian Academy 2026 C 191 ft
8 Malik Robbins AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2026 OF 189 ft
9 Tyler Bonin AB ATHX Academy 2025 RHP 189 ft
10 Jack Reynolds AB WH Croxford 2024 RHP 185 ft

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Jake Markowsky AB Central Memorial 2024 SS 80 %
2 Pryce Velichko AB Medicine Hat 2025 SS 77 %
3 Keaton Dickie AB Foundations for the Future Charter Academy 2025 OF 70 %
^ Jessye Brown AB undecided 2026 LHP 70 %
4 Santiago Rodriguez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 OF 66 %
^ Jack Reynolds AB WH Croxford 2024 RHP 66 %
5 Cody Schuck AB Heritage Christian Academy 2026 C 62 %
^ Thomas Beres AB Hunting Hills 2025 SS 62 %
6 Giacobbe De Castro AB Joane Cardinal Schubert 2026 OF 60 %
^ Wyatt Hawryluk AB Clover Bar Junior High 2027 C 60 %

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 Pryce Velichko AB Medicine Hat 2025 SS 66 %
2 Thomas Beres AB Hunting Hills 2025 SS 62 %
3 Wyatt Hawryluk AB Clover Bar Junior High 2027 C 50 %
^ Giacobbe De Castro AB Joane Cardinal Schubert 2026 OF 50 %
^ Jessye Brown AB undecided 2026 LHP 50 %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 Vauxhall Academy/Calgary Bucks Scout Day AB 09/30 Jets Stadium (Vauxhall)
2023 Alberta Fall Open ID - Session 2 AB 10/08 Tourmaline Field
2023 Alberta Freshman Free AB 10/08 Tourmaline Field
2023 Neutral Hills Academy Scout Day AB 10/18 Neutral Hills Baseball Academy


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