Columbia Preseason ID: Quick Hitters
January 22, 2025
On Saturday, Januray 18th Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted its Preseason ID at Carolina Playmakers in Columbia, SC. The Preseason IDs leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like Boarder Battle, PB Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, PB JR Future Games, PB SR Future Games and the PB Future Games. The event featured players from the 2026-2028 grad classes.
The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 30 recorded using Vald Preformance Technology, BP with TrackMan ball flight analysis, a defensive evaluation, and finished with pitcher bullpens with each pitch tracked by Trackman.
Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.
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QUICK HITTERS
Colt Babic, Hammond School, 2027
5'10 175 pound strong athletic frame. 100.7 max exit velocity, averaged 90.3 mph. 376' max distance. INF-85 mph. Short quick arm action, with good footwork and soft hands. OF - 88 mph
Allen Heglar, Lexington HS, 2028
6'0 206 pound strong physical frame. 93.9 max exit velocity, averaged 83.4 mph. 305' max distance. INF-74 mph. Short arm action, with good active footwork while fielding the ball out front.
Weston Plotner, Chapin HS, 2026
5'11 165 pound lean wiry frame. 91.1 max exit velocity, averaged 79.6 mph. 288' max distance. OF-84 mph. Quick and loose arm action, while really working through ball with control aggression.
Bradley Sightler Jr., Gilbert HS, 2026
6'0 176 pound lean athletic frame. 90.3 max exit velocity, averaged 80.2 mph. 275' max distance. C-76 mph with a top pop time of 2.07. Showed good clean exchanges with quick footwork with good directionn.
Darian Thomas, Spring Valley HS, 2028
5'9 140 pound lean frame with plenty of room to add on. 76.3 max exit velocity, averaged 63.9 mph. 220' max distance. INF-70 mph. Shows good quick footwork while playing low to the ground with a short quick arm action.
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