Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Leaders: Megastars Scout Day


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Saturday May 20th PBR of North Carolina was at Moor Park in Mooresville, NC for a Scout Day with the Charlotte Megastars. The Scout Day featured players from the 2024-2026 grad classes.

The day began with outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation followed by players running a laser timed 60. Position players then took BP on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After BP, catchers went through their defensive evaluation. The day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days. 

Click Here for Megastars Roster and Stats

 

Trackman Hitting Leaders

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 98.6 mph
2 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 97.5 mph
3 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 94.6 mph
4 Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 91.6 mph
5 Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 91.5 mph
6 EJ Lewis NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 1B 90.8 mph
7 Chase Raskin NC Metrolina Christian 2025 C 90.3 mph
8 Jesse Gavilan NC Riverside 2025 OF 89.6 mph
9 Tommy Beason NC Charlotte Latin 2024 2B 89.1 mph
10 Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 89.0 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact.  The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 89.6 mph
2 Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 89.0 mph
3 Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 85.5 mph
4 Aden Tompkins NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 85.4 mph
5 Jesse Gavilan NC Riverside 2025 OF 85.3 mph
6 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 84.4 mph
7 Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 82.9 mph
8 Chase Raskin NC Metrolina Christian 2025 C 82.0 mph
9 EJ Lewis NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 1B 82.0 mph
10 Janson Kane NC Lake Norman Charter 2025 OF 81.9 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 341 ft
2 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 341 ft
3 Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 340 ft
4 Janson Kane NC Lake Norman Charter 2025 OF 331 ft
5 Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 323 ft
6 Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 313 ft
7 Luke Modrak NC Mooresville 2025 SS 311 ft
8 Micah Irving NC Combine Academy 2026 RHP 310 ft
9 Jayce LeFlore SC Legion Collegiate 2024 OF 306 ft
10 Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 305 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 287 ft
2 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 269 ft
3 Janson Kane NC Lake Norman Charter 2025 OF 267 ft
4 Chase Raskin NC Metrolina Christian 2025 C 243 ft
5 Michael Busa NC Lake Norman 2025 3B 234 ft
6 Jake Smith NC Oak Grove 2024 SS 232 ft
7 Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 223 ft
8 Connor Lewis FL Nease 2025 SS 220 ft
9 Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 216 ft
10 Brandon Keyes FL Grosse Pointe North 2025 1B 208 ft

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter.  Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls.  This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 54 %
2 Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 41 %
3 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 25 %
4 Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 21 %
5 Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 16 %
6 Chase Raskin NC Metrolina Christian 2025 C 12 %
7 EJ Lewis NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 1B 7 %

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Jacob Orloski NC Marvin Ridge 2024 RHP 66 %
2 Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 58 %
^ Jake Smith NC Oak Grove 2024 SS 58 %
^ Carson Horsfall NC Lake Norman 2025 2B 58 %
3 Patrick Mullahy FL Bishop Kenny 2025 OF 53 %
4 Jesse Gavilan NC Riverside 2025 OF 46 %
^ Logan Laws NC Saint Stephen's 2025 OF 46 %
^ Jacob Osborne NC Saint Stephens 2024 C 46 %
^ Austin Price NC Covenant Day 2025 OF 46 %
5 Michael Busa NC Lake Norman 2025 3B 41 %
^ Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 41 %
6 Dylan Brandt NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 3B 40 %
^ Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 40 %
7 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 37 %
^ Aden Tompkins NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 37 %
8 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 36 %
9 EJ Lewis NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 1B 35 %
10 Connor Lewis FL Nease 2025 SS 30 %
^ Janson Kane NC Lake Norman Charter 2025 OF 30 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Aden Tompkins NC East Lincoln 2025 OF 62 %
2 EJ Lewis NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 1B 50 %
3 Dylan Brandt NC Pine Lake Prep 2025 3B 46 %
4 Patrick Mullahy FL Bishop Kenny 2025 OF 46 %
5 Thomas Bass NC Hough 2025 OF 41 %
^ Gavin MacDonald SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2025 RHP 41 %
6 Jesse Gavilan NC Riverside 2025 OF 38 %
7 Tommy Beason NC Charlotte Latin 2024 2B 36 %
^ Johann Antonio NC Ashbrook 2025 C 36 %
8 Carson Horsfall NC Lake Norman 2025 2B 33 %
9 Logan Laws NC Saint Stephen's 2025 OF 30 %
^ Luke Modrak NC Mooresville 2025 SS 30 %
10 Micah Irving NC Combine Academy 2026 RHP 27 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Connor Lewis FL Nease 2025 SS 70.0 %
2 Gabe Gutter NC Lake Norman 2024 OF 62.5 %
^ Chase Raskin NC Metrolina Christian 2025 C 62.5 %
3 Janson Kane NC Lake Norman Charter 2025 OF 60.0 %
4 Camden Ashe NC South Point 2024 C 54.5 %
5 Jayce LeFlore SC Legion Collegiate 2024 OF 53.3 %
6 Michael Busa NC Lake Norman 2025 3B 50.0 %
^ Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 50.0 %
7 Brandon Keyes FL Grosse Pointe North 2025 1B 46.7 %
8 Luke Modrak NC Mooresville 2025 SS 46.2 %
9 Micah Irving NC Combine Academy 2026 RHP 45.5 %
^ Tommy Beason NC Charlotte Latin 2024 2B 45.5 %
10 Austin Lockamy NC Lake Norman 2025 SS 40.0 %