Mississippi Open: TrackMan Files
June 13, 2022
On June 8th, the PBR Mississippi staff hosted the Mississippi Open showcase at The University of Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, MS at Pete Taylor Park, featuring many of the state’s top players inside the 2023-2027 classes. Inside today’s TrackMan Files, we’re highlighting the best of the best – the talent that exited the event with arrows pointed way up headed into the summer.
Earlier this week we published Quick Hits highlighting the top prospects of the event. We also rolled out a Statistical Leaderboard pointing out the top recorded stats by category.
Now we'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan unit. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch metric data.
MAX FASTBALL
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Thomas Mitchell
MS
Hernando
2024
RHP
88.3 mph
2
Jayden Adcox
MS
Forest
2023
C
85.0 mph
3
Brock Cantrell
MS
Ocean Springs
2023
RHP
83.8 mph
4
Cooper Rayburn
MS
Jackson Academy
2025
RHP
83.5 mph
5
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
82.4 mph
6
Matthew Birdsong
MS
Madison Central
2023
RHP
82.1 mph
7
Coby Gollott
MS
St. Martin
2022
OF
81.6 mph
8
Hayden Amis
MS
NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
2026
C
81.5 mph
9
Currie Jones
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
LHP
81.5 mph
10
Jon Grey Morrisson
MS
WEST UNION ATTENDANCE CENTER
2026
3B
81.4 mph
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
PEAK SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Cooper Rayburn
MS
Jackson Academy
2025
RHP
2358 rpm
2
Coby Gollott
MS
St. Martin
2022
OF
2240 rpm
3
Currie Jones
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
LHP
2224 rpm
4
Gavin Parrow
MS
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
2025
SS
2152 rpm
5
Brooks Wallis
MS
Northwest Rankin
2025
3B
2142 rpm
6
Hayden Amis
MS
NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
2026
C
2139 rpm
7
Austin Lee
MS
St. Patrick Catholic
2023
RHP
2127 rpm
8
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
2105 rpm
9
Jaxson Moore
MS
HARRISON CENTRAL
2025
RHP
2092 rpm
10
Jayden Adcox
MS
Forest
2023
C
2059 rpm
Spin Rate: This metric calculates the rate of spin on the baseball as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, measured in revolutions per minute (rpm). Historical data shows that high-spin fastballs lessen the impact of gravity, allowing for more ‘rise’ (or less fall, in other words) as it carries through the zone. Low-spin fastballs typically indicate the pitch has greater horizontal action, often making it tougher to square up, but generally easier to make contact with, leading to more ground balls, while high-spin fastballs show a correlation with swings and misses.
AVERAGE FASTBALL HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Austin Lee
MS
St. Patrick Catholic
2023
RHP
20.6
2
Coby Gollott
MS
St. Martin
2022
OF
16.8
3
Colton Greene
MS
Wayne County
2023
C
15.8
4
Cooper Rayburn
MS
Jackson Academy
2025
RHP
15.7
5
Tre Adcox
MS
BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL
2027
3B
14.8
6
Brock Cantrell
MS
Ocean Springs
2023
RHP
13.2
7
Tyner Flynt
MS
Presbyterian Christian
2026
OF
-13.1
8
Whit Davis
MS
Jackson Academy
2027
1B
13.0
9
Brooks Wallis
MS
Northwest Rankin
2025
3B
12.0
10
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
12.0
AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
2283
2
Preston Anderson
MS
Forrest County
2025
OF
2146
3
Brooks Wallis
MS
Northwest Rankin
2025
3B
2101
4
Tristen Junkert
MS
St Martin
2023
OF
2063
5
Austin Lee
MS
St. Patrick Catholic
2023
RHP
2062
6
Cooper Rayburn
MS
Jackson Academy
2025
RHP
2042
7
Jayden Adcox
MS
Forest
2023
C
2040
8
Brock Cantrell
MS
Ocean Springs
2023
RHP
2020
9
Jaxson Moore
MS
HARRISON CENTRAL
2025
RHP
2007
10
Max Garrett
MS
Hancock
2023
RHP
1877
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Brody Roberts
MS
Manchester Academy
2025
RHP
2419 rpm
2
Hayden Amis
MS
NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
2026
C
2247 rpm
3
Coby Gollott
MS
St. Martin
2022
OF
2205 rpm
4
Currie Jones
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
LHP
2161 rpm
5
Cohen Weinhofer
MS
St. Patrick
2024
RHP
2140 rpm
6
Gavin Parrow
MS
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
2025
SS
2030 rpm
7
Walker Craft
MS
Hernando
2023
OF
1819 rpm
8
Thomas Mitchell
MS
Hernando
2024
RHP
1758 rpm
9
Jon Parker Dees
MS
Manchester Academy
2025
SS
1747 rpm
10
Fletcher Cox
MS
MADISON RIDGELAND ACADEMY
2026
OF
1745 rpm
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Austin Lee
MS
St. Patrick Catholic
2023
RHP
22.3
2
Hayden Amis
MS
NEWTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
2026
C
21.4
3
Colton Greene
MS
Wayne County
2023
C
18.8
4
Brock Cantrell
MS
Ocean Springs
2023
RHP
18.7
5
Tre Adcox
MS
BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL
2027
3B
16.8
6
Gavin Parrow
MS
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
2025
SS
16.7
7
Matthew Birdsong
MS
Madison Central
2023
RHP
16.2
8
Coby Gollott
MS
St. Martin
2022
OF
15.5
9
Thomas Mitchell
MS
Hernando
2024
RHP
15.1
10
Samuel Steelman
MS
Clinton
2026
1B
14.9
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (avg)
1
Jackson White
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
90.2 mph
2
Chase Brown
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
C
89.7 mph
3
Chesley Rhodes
MS
St Stanislaus
2024
OF
89.0 mph
4
D'Marion Terrell
AL
Thompson
2024
OF
87.4 mph
5
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
87.1 mph
6
Corey Watkins
MS
Madison-Ridgeland Academy
2024
1B
87.1 mph
7
Colton Greene
MS
Wayne County
2023
C
86.8 mph
8
Max Garrett
MS
Hancock
2023
RHP
85.4 mph
9
Carson Schmelzer
MS
Oxford
2024
1B
84.9 mph
10
Phillip Herring
MS
Greene County
2023
1B
84.9 mph
Exit Speed: Also according to TrackMan’s own website: “The speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.”
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (max)
1
Chesley Rhodes
MS
St Stanislaus
2024
OF
99.3 mph
2
Phillip Herring
MS
Greene County
2023
1B
96.1 mph
3
Jackson White
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
95.3 mph
4
Jayden Adcox
MS
Forest
2023
C
94.4 mph
5
Colton Greene
MS
Wayne County
2023
C
94.1 mph
6
Carson Schmelzer
MS
Oxford
2024
1B
93.3 mph
7
Davin Lowery
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
93.1 mph
8
Corey Watkins
MS
Madison-Ridgeland Academy
2024
1B
93.0 mph
9
Chase Brown
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
C
92.7 mph
10
Cody Presley
MS
Germantown
2023
3B
92.2 mph
PEAK ESTIMATED BATTED DISTANCE (HITTING)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (max)
1
Phillip Herring
MS
Greene County
2023
1B
369 ft
2
Jayden Adcox
MS
Forest
2023
C
363 ft
3
Chase Brown
MS
Northwest Rankin
2023
C
361 ft
4
Jackson White
MS
Wayne Academy
2024
OF
358 ft
5
Cohen Weinhofer
MS
St. Patrick
2024
RHP
353 ft
6
D'Marion Terrell
AL
Thompson
2024
OF
349 ft
7
Cody Presley
MS
Germantown
2023
3B
348 ft
8
Gavin Parrow
MS
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
2025
SS
339 ft
9
Carson Schmelzer
MS
Oxford
2024
1B
338 ft
10
Max Garrett
MS
Hancock
2023
RHP
334 ft
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