Prep Baseball Report

Top Prospect Games: Blast Board


PBR Utah Staff

Our PBR Utah Staff continues to display data from our Top Prospect Games event that was held at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, UT on July 12th. Today we take a glance at the players who topped our leaderboards using our Blast Motion technology during their round of batting practice.

 

 

HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 27.3 mph
2 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 26.4 mph
3 Ethan Iacono UT Mountain Ridge High 2025 RHP 26.1 mph
4 Sage Strayer UT Westlake 2023 OF 26.0 mph
5 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 25.6 mph
6 Naulivou Lauaki Jr. UT Springville 2024 RHP 25.1 mph
7 Brayden Marx UT Pleasant Grove 2023 RHP 24.9 mph
^ Andrew Lombana UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 LHP 24.9 mph
8 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 24.7 mph
9 Jett Walker UT American Fork 2024 SS 24.3 mph
10 Gavin Schoonover UT American Fork 2023 3B 24.0 mph
^ Chett Wilson UT Wasatch 2023 3B 24.0 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 25.2 mph
2 Sage Strayer UT Westlake 2023 OF 24.6 mph
3 Ethan Iacono UT Mountain Ridge High 2025 RHP 24.2 mph
4 Andrew Lombana UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 LHP 24.1 mph
5 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 24.0 mph
6 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 23.9 mph
7 Naulivou Lauaki Jr. UT Springville 2024 RHP 23.7 mph
8 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 23.5 mph
9 Austin Taylor UT Copper Hills 2023 SS 22.9 mph
10 Gavin Schoonover UT American Fork 2023 3B 22.8 mph

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

BAT SPEED (max & AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 82.8 mph
2 Gavin Schoonover UT American Fork 2023 3B 79.2 mph
3 Bridger Slade UT Bingham 2023 OF 78.9 mph
4 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 78.5 mph
5 Luke Affleck UT Olympus 2023 SS 77.9 mph
6 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 77.4 mph
7 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 77.2 mph
8 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 77.1 mph
9 Cade Nalder UT Jordan 2023 C 77.0 mph
10 Sage Strayer UT Westlake 2023 OF 76.7 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 75.3 mph
2 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 74.9 mph
3 Bridger Slade UT Bingham 2023 OF 74.9 mph
4 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 74.8 mph
5 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 73.8 mph
6 Gavin Schoonover UT American Fork 2023 3B 73.4 mph
7 Luke Affleck UT Olympus 2023 SS 73.3 mph
8 Cade Nalder UT Jordan 2023 C 73.3 mph
9 Sage Strayer UT Westlake 2023 OF 73.3 mph
10 Easton Gunn UT Mountain Ridge 2023 C 72.7 mph

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 27.4 g
2 Cole DeCastro UT Desert Hills 2023 SS 26.1 g
3 Cade Nalder UT Jordan 2023 C 24.8 g
4 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 24.2 g
5 Grant Scholzen UT Hurricane 2023 SS 23.9 g
6 Noah Bird UT Skyridge 2025 3B 23.8 g
7 Josh Heaton UT Lone Peak 2023 LHP 22.9 g
8 Ethan Iacono UT Mountain Ridge High 2025 RHP 22.3 g
9 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 22.0 g
10 Trey Jacobsen UT Canyon View 2023 1B 21.3 g

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Cade Nalder UT Jordan 2023 C 22.2 g
2 Sam Johanson UT Hurricane 2023 OF 22.1 g
3 Cole DeCastro UT Desert Hills 2023 SS 21.8 g
4 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 19.9 g
5 Grant Scholzen UT Hurricane 2023 SS 19.5 g
6 Nolan Miller UT Salem Hills 2023 OF 18.9 g
7 Josh Heaton UT Lone Peak 2023 LHP 18.8 g
8 Ethan Iacono UT Mountain Ridge High 2025 RHP 18.2 g
9 Trey Jacobsen UT Canyon View 2023 1B 17.6 g
10 Brandon Upham UT American Fork 2025 1B 17.1 g

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

ON PLANCE EFFICIENCY

(MAX & AVERAGE)

On-Plane Efficiency is how consistently a player maintains their arm and wrist throughout the swing, or the percentage of the swing where the bat is on-plane. The score shows you where you fall within your skill level, so both of them matter.

Rank Name State School Class Pos MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
1 Teigan Scott UT Spanish Fork 2024 SS 95
2 Bridger Slade UT Bingham 2023 OF 94
^ Brayden Marx UT Pleasant Grove 2023 RHP 94
3 Sawyer Leifson UT Maple Mountain 2025 3B 93
4 RJ Wilson UT Pleasant Grove 2025 SS 89
5 Braxton Hermansen UT Herriman 2023 OF 88
6 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 87
7 Dominic Fassio UT Cyprus 2025 SS 86
^ Cayman Sanchez UT Olympus 2026 SS 86
^ Brayden Petersen KS Blue Valley 2024 SS 86
^ Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 86
8 Austin Park UT Juab 2025 SS 85
^ Garrett Downing UT Corner Canyon 2026 OF 85
9 AJ Jones UT Skyline 2023 OF 84
10 Brandon Upham UT American Fork 2025 1B 83

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Brayden Marx UT Pleasant Grove 2023 RHP 90 %
2 Teigan Scott UT Spanish Fork 2024 SS 86 %
3 Bridger Slade UT Bingham 2023 OF 85 %
4 Braxton Hermansen UT Herriman 2023 OF 82 %
5 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 81 %
6 RJ Wilson UT Pleasant Grove 2025 SS 80 %
7 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 80 %
8 Dominic Fassio UT Cyprus 2025 SS 77 %
9 Chett Wilson UT Wasatch 2023 3B 77 %
10 Brandon Upham UT American Fork 2025 1B 77 %

 

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