SC Rising Stars Fall ID: Trackman Hitting Leaders
November 16, 2023
On Sunday November 12th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Brookland Cayce High School for our rising stars ID. The event featured players from the 2028-2029 grad classes.
The afternoon started with players running a laser timed 60 while using swift timing gates to measure their 10 yd/ 30 yd/ and 60 yd split, followed by batting practice in the incredible indoor facility with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After batting practice players when through defensive evaluations, followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting data analytics.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance.
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TRACKMAN 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 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 90.3 mph |
2 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 89.4 mph |
3 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 88.5 mph |
4 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 82.9 mph |
5 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 82.2 mph |
6 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 80.6 mph |
7 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 76.7 mph |
8 | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 74.3 mph |
9 | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 73.5 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 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 82.3 mph |
2 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 76.9 mph |
3 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 75.4 mph |
4 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 75.4 mph |
5 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 71.9 mph |
6 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 71.6 mph |
7 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 70.9 mph |
8 | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 67.6 mph |
9 | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 61.4 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 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 303 ft |
2 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 302 ft |
3 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 269 ft |
4 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 253 ft |
5 | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 244 ft |
6 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 237 ft |
7 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 227 ft |
8 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 226 ft |
9 | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 213 ft |
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 196 ft |
2 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 168 ft |
3 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 167 ft |
4 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 155 ft |
5 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 141 ft |
6 | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 140 ft |
7 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 135 ft |
8 | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 119 ft |
9 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 87 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 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 53 % |
2 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 50 % |
^ | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 50 % |
3 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 33 % |
^ | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 33 % |
4 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 31 % |
^ | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 31 % |
5 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 28 % |
6 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 25 % |
Fly Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
1 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 43.8 % |
2 | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 37.5 % |
3 | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 33.3 % |
4 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 31.3 % |
5 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 30.0 % |
6 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 26.7 % |
7 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 20.0 % |
8 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 14.3 % |
9 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 10.0 % |
Ground Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
1 | Lem Moss | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2028 | RHP | 57 % |
2 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 40 % |
3 | Briggs Lessmeister | SC | Clover | 2028 | C | 33 % |
^ | Johnathan Cosmopoulos | SC | Lexington High | 2028 | SS | 33 % |
4 | Victor Kaczenski | SC | Lexington High | 2029 | OF | 31 % |
5 | Jesse Covington | NC | Westchester Country Day | 2028 | 2B | 26 % |
6 | Cash Conner | SC | Southside Christian | 2028 | OF | 25 % |
^ | Cade Lanning | SC | N/A | 2029 | 2B | 25 % |
7 | Emerson Morris | SC | Wade Hampton High | 2028 | SS | 20 % |