Prep Baseball Report

P27 Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Wednesday October 26th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Lexington County Ball Park Stadium for the P27 Scout Day. The event featured players from the 2023-2023 grad classes.

The afternoon started with BP on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data followed by position players running a laser timed 60 followed by outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation.  

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. 

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Statistical 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 James Asmus NY New Hyde Park 2023 1B 102.8 mph
2 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 100.1 mph
3 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 98.2 mph
4 Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 96.0 mph
5 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 95.9 mph
6 Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 95.5 mph
7 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 94.5 mph
8 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 93.8 mph
9 Jamel Vera Jr. SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 91.1 mph
10 TJ Lemonis SC P27 2024 2B 91.1 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 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 92.9 mph
2 Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 92.6 mph
3 James Asmus NY New Hyde Park 2023 1B 91.6 mph
4 Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 90.8 mph
5 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 90.6 mph
6 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 88.6 mph
7 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 88.5 mph
8 TJ Lemonis SC P27 2024 2B 87.6 mph
9 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 86.4 mph
10 Gary Perone NY Tottenville 2024 OF 78.3 mph



DISTANCE OFF THE BAT


TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.


Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 James Asmus NY New Hyde Park 2023 1B 383 ft
2 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 380 ft
3 Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 368 ft
4 Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 367 ft
5 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 366 ft
6 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 361 ft
7 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 359 ft
8 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 350 ft
9 TJ Lemonis SC P27 2024 2B 347 ft
10 Jamel Vera Jr. SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 324 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 James Asmus NY New Hyde Park 2023 1B 309 ft
2 Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 302 ft
3 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 289 ft
4 Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 288 ft
5 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 287 ft
6 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 276 ft
7 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 262 ft
8 TJ Lemonis SC P27 2024 2B 260 ft
9 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 259 ft
10 Nicholas DiMichele SC P27 Academy 2024 OF 230 ft

 

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 TJ Lemonis SC P27 2024 2B 70 %
2 Braydon Shealy SC P27 Academy 2025 OF 63 %
3 Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 54 %
4 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 50 %
^ Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 50 %
5 Seth Eckroth SC P27 Academy 2026 2B 44 %
6 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 42 %
7 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 42 %
8 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 36 %
9 Will Myers SC P27 2024 OF 33 %
10 Jamel Vera Jr. SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 30 %



Fly Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 James Asmus NY New Hyde Park 2023 1B 75.0 %
2 Nicholas DiMichele SC P27 Academy 2024 OF 63.6 %
3 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 58.3 %
4 Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 54.5 %
5 Connor Shealy SC P27 Academy 2023 C 50.0 %
6 Gary Perone NY Tottenville 2024 OF 44.4 %
7 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 42.9 %
8 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 42.1 %
9 Will Myers SC P27 2024 OF 41.7 %
10 Jamel Vera Jr. SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 38.5 %



Ground Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Gary Perone NY Tottenville 2024 OF 44 %
2 Anthony Martinez SC P27 2024 C 36 %
3 Will Myers SC P27 2024 OF 25 %
4 Joseph Calabretti SC P27 2023 OF 15 %
5 Jamel Vera Jr. SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 15 %
6 Nicholas Mirabile SC P27 2025 OF 14 %
7 Wiley Waring SC Summerville 2025 1B 12 %
8 Seth Eckroth SC P27 Academy 2026 2B 11 %
9 Braydon Shealy SC P27 Academy 2025 OF 9 %
^ Nicholas DiMichele SC P27 Academy 2024 OF 9 %
^ Ethan Rosa SC P27 Academy 2024 1B 9 %
^ Jaylen Hernandez SC P27 2022 1B 9 %
10 Anthony Sanguedolce SC P27 Academy 2023 OF 8 %