YEAR REVIEW: Bat Speed

It was indeed a strange year in 2020, the spring HS season shut down early and players across the state found themselves trying to get games in wherever they could. The state of Arizona was luckier than some states out there and was able to show some consistency throughout the summer and fall seasons. From a scouting perspective, the players that got to work during some extra time off really stood out towards the end of the summer and during fall competition. Some players were able to make some big physical transformations during that time while some prospects were able to make some big improvements to their swings or mechanics. PBR Arizona was able to get out to see some of these improvements, having spent hundreds of hours at the baseball field while holding plenty of their own events throughout the year. 

The biggest question mark in 2020 was what was going to happen to college recruiting. Scouts all over the country have had to get clever with their approach but there has been plenty of recruiting still going on. At this time last year, there were about 3 commits in the 2022 grad class committed to DI programs. This year, there are already 16 prospects committed in the 2023 class. College coaches are finding a way to get it done and Prep Baseball Report has been there to help provide resources to those scouts to aid in the process. We are looking forward to continue covering prospects in the future.

In 2020, another key tool Prep Baseball Report started to implement at its events was the use of Blast Motion sensors. During batting practice, Blast Motion helped our staff capture important Swing and Impact Metrics across several categories. Swing metrics measure pre-impact mechanics centered around plane, connection, and rotation while Impact metrics measure pre-impact performance outcomes based on ball contact.

We continue to wrap up 2020, we will be looking at some of the top Blast data metrics collected from the past year. Today, we will be taking a look at the the top average Bat Speeds.

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS	BAT SPEED (AVG)
1	Mitch Namie	AZ	Red Mountain	2022	1B	79.30 mph
2	Mario Bejarano	AZ	Tucson	2022	1B	78.80 mph
3	Jack Rogers	AZ	Salpointe Catholic	2021	1B	78.45 mph
4	Henry Chabot	AZ	Brophy College Prep	2022	C	76.40 mph
5	Jimmy Williams	AZ	Cactus Shadows	2022	OF	76.30 mph
6	Dante Turgeon	AZ	Benjamin Franklin	2022	1B	75.80 mph
7	Jack Ellsworth	AZ	Highland	2022	OF	75.46 mph
8	Joey Trippi	AZ	Higley	2022	OF	74.26 mph
9	Jack Ellsworth	AZ	Highland	2022	OF	74.10 mph
10	Joshua Martinez	AZ	Mountain Ridge	2021	OF	73.86 mph
11	Thomas DeChesaro	AZ	Saguaro	2022	3B	73.80 mph
12	Shane Melick	AZ	Ironwood Ridge	2022	1B	73.69 mph
13	Isaiah Jackson	AZ	Cienega	2022	OF	73.60 mph
14	Steven Vasquez	AZ	Odyssey Prep	2021	LHP	73.47 mph
15	Logan Hall	AZ	Williams Field	2021	OF	73.31 mph
16	Nick Arias	AZ	Tucson	2022	SS	73.20 mph
17	Tommy La Porte	AZ	Norte Dame Prep	2022	C	73.18 mph
18	Aidan Young	AZ	Chaparral	2022	1B	72.97 mph
19	Tyler Bare	AZ	Desert Ridge	2021	OF	72.74 mph
20	AJ Singer	AZ	Mountain Ridge	2022	SS	72.60 mph
21	Marcus Delgado	AZ	Canyon Del Oro	2022	RHP	72.50 mph
22	Alessandro Castro	AZ	Pusch Ridge	2022	OF	72.40 mph
23	Maguire Peterson	AZ	Notre Dame Prep	2021	SS	72.38 mph
24	Grant Smith	AZ	Pinnacle	2023	RHP	72.34 mph
25	Josh Tiedemann	AZ	Hamilton	2023	SS	72.30 mph
	Caleb Herd	AZ	Cienega	2022	C	72.30 mph
26	Cade Westerlund	AZ	Mountain Pointe	2021	C	72.20 mph
27	Caden Thiele	AZ	Desert Vista	2022	OF	72.10 mph
28	Christian Roncal	AZ	Sunrise Mountain	2023	OF	71.97 mph
29	Jorge Febres	AZ	Red Mountain	2022	3B	71.90 mph
30	Evan Butler - Vander Valk	AZ	Coconino	2022	1B	71.81 mph
31	Gavin Short	AZ	SunnySlope	2024	3B	71.62 mph
32	Brok Liu	AZ	Chandler	2021	3B	71.54 mph
33	Lucas Cardy	AZ	Canyon Del Oro	2022	RHP	71.50 mph
	Jacob Miller	AZ	Sandra Day O'Connor	2022	1B	71.50 mph
34	Cruz Oxford	AZ	Sunrise Mountain	2022	3B	71.28 mph
35	Garrett Sloan	AZ	Estrella Foothills	2022	3B	71.26 mph
36	Anthony Bever	AZ	Mountain Ridge	2022	2B	71.23 mph

 

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