NC Fall Review: Top Catcher Arms
December 17, 2021
Throughout the fall, PBR Scouts were working to continue our coverage of the players and teams in the Palmetto State. This included covering events, practices, games, and PBR's own events. During PBR Events, players run through a modified pro-style workout. The position player portion of the workout includes a laser timed 60, offensive workout, and defensive workout. PBR uses TrackMan to track ball flight during BP. Pitchers throw controlled bullpens, again with TrackMan gathering information on each pitch.
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Fall Review: Top catcher throws
During PBR events, and PBR coverage, PBR scouts will take multiple points of data on catchers as they are working through their defensive workout. For the pop time we are recording the amount of time the baseball takes to get from the catchers glove, at contact, to the middle infielders glove, at contact. We work to keep the catchers in stance, receiving a strike, and then throwing. We typically ask middle infielders to straddle the bag and allow the ball to travel to the middle of their body. At the same time the pop time is being recorded a radar gun is used to track the positional velocity of each throw. Below we break down the top catcher arms from this fall in North Carolina. Events include High School and Junior College coverage.
Top 15 Overall Pop Times & Release Velocities
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| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Jackie Jimenez | NC | Catawba Valley | 2019 | C | 82 |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Jackie Jimenez | NC | Catawba Valley | 2019 | C | 1.85-1.97 |
Top Catcher Velocities by Grad Year
2022 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Jackson Kuhn | NC | Pinecrest | 2022 | C | 78 |
| ^ | Kaleb BRIGHAM | NC | Cuthbertson | 2022 | C | 78 |
2023 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Thomas Paxton | NC | Cuthbertson | 2023 | C | 81 |
2024 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Charleston Sauls | NC | Home School | 2024 | C | 79 |
2025 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Ethan Bunce | NC | Grace Christian Sanford | 2025 | C | 75 |
Top Pop Times by Grad Year
2022 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Elijah Krause | SC | Clover | 2022 | C | 1.98-2.09 |
2023 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Jacob Dilley | NC | Watauga | 2023 | C | 1.93-2.08 |
2024 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Charleston Sauls | NC | Home School | 2024 | C | 1.99-2.11 |
2025 Grads
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Ethan Bunce | NC | Grace Christian Sanford | 2025 | C | 2.04-2.17 |
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