Prep Baseball Report

Fall Event Spotlight - Top Prospect Games


Eddie Tisdale
Scouting Director - South Carolina



- EVENT SPOTLIGHT - SOUTH CAROLINA TOP PROSPECT GAMES

Over the course of the last 12 months PBR South Carolina has carved out a name for themselves in the baseball rich landscape of the Palmetto State. On August 17th the Top Prospect Games descend on The College of Charleston for the 2nd year in a row. The event, coined the Underclass Games last year, saw over 30 players from across the state complete a ProStyle Workout and Simulated Game. Multiple colleges were represented and per usual all players were videoed and had their videos hosted along with their statistics in their PBR Player Profiles. 

 

- EVENT DETAILS - 

The Top Prospect Games is an invite only event for the top 2020-2023s in the state with an emphasis on serious uncommitted Class of 2020 prospects. If you are unsigned, relax, you have plenty of time. This event will hopefully get you where you want to go.

The Top Prospect Games is designed to give players and recruiters alike a well-rounded platform by showing individual tools during a pre-game workout before game play in the afternoon.
 
The event will commence on Saturday, August 17 at the College of Charleston.
All position players will be put through a pre-game workout. All position players will take batting practice, and have defensive positional evaluations.

 

- EVENT SCHEDULE -

 

Saturday, August 17
Position Player Workout Showcase
8:20-8:40 AM – Position Player Check-in
8:40-9:00 AM – Introduction and Stretch
9:00-11:30 AM – Position Player Workout

Game play to follow in the afternoon

Pitchers Check-In one hour before scheduled game time.

11:45 AM - Team 1 vs. Team 2
1:30 PM - Team 3 vs. Team 4

*Schedule subject to change*

-> Workouts will be videotaped, and edited videos will be hosted inside the player’s profile at PrepBaseballReport.com. Also included in the profile will be the player’s scouting report, picture and verified statistics.
 
-> Pitchers will be videotaped and evaluated during game action where they will pitch one inning, pitch counts will be observed.
 
-> All highlights from the Top Prospect Games will be promoted on PrepBaseballReport.com. The Prep Baseball Report is subscribed to by hundreds of colleges and pro scouts across the country. All results will be posted on the site, along with players’ highlights.
 
-> Rosters will be broken down on an individual basis by positions to maximize playing time.
ROSTER SIZE WILL BE CAPPED WITH ONLY A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PLAYERS AT EACH POSITION 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN FOR EACH TEAM
Pitcher Only - 3
Catcher - 3
1B - 2
3B - 2
MIF - 4
OF - 4

*Two Way players who pitch and play another position will count toward the roster limit at their defensive position not as a pitcher.

 

- 2018 top underclass games recap -

On August 18th, 2018 PBR South Carolina saw 32 players from across the state meet up on the campus of The College of Charleston for a ProStyle workout and Simulated Game. The players ran the sixty, took on field BP, recorded a home to first time, and were evaluated at their defensive position. Pitchers were evaluated during an inning of work in which they threw 3 outs or 5 batters, not exceeding a 25 pitches.

 

Below are records set at last year's event...

TOP 60 TIME: 
LOGAN PALMA (OF, Summerville, 2020) - 6.78
MATTHEW CASSIDY (OF, Camden, 2020) -  6.78
TOP INFIELD VELO: 
LUKE HARRIS (C/OF, Lewisville, 2020) - 82
TOP OUTFIELD VELO:
JP CUNNINGHAM (2B/OF, Lancaster, 2022) - 85
LUKE HARRIS (C/OF, Lewisville, 2020) - 85 
TOP CATCHER VELO:
LUKE HARRIS (C/OF, Lewisville, 2020) - 79
TOP EXIT VELOCITY:
Matthew Cassidy (OF, Camden, 2020) - 89
Kolby Crepeau (OF, Clover, 2020) - 89
TOP FASTBALL VELOCITY:
Nolan Rowan (RHP, High Point (NJ), 2020) - 86