Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials Queen City: Blast Leaders


Zach Boraski
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director

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Open IDs give Prep Baseball Scouts a chance to see players from their area while also working to fill out rosters for upcoming regional and national events like the Future Games, Super Sophomore Games, and Top Prospect Games.  The Team Carolina Trials fall under this Open ID forum.  While the 1st try at the Queen City event was postponed from May 27th to June 3rd, the talent showed up and showed out.

The event started with position players going through their athletic testing, including height and weight measurments, a vertical jump, RSI jumps, grip strength testing, and a laser timed 60.  Offensive evaluations were next, including multiple rounds of BP.  BP was followed by defensive evaluations and then pitcher bullpens.  

Below we begin to break down the player performances from the workout.  To see the full roster with all of the stats from the workout, you can CLICK HERE.

By the Numbers - Team Carolina Trials: Queen City

  • 15 Players from NC including graduates from 2025, 2026, and 2027
  • 4 players registered a vertical of 30in or higher
  • 8 players saw their grip strength peak at above 130 psi 
  • 7 players had an exit velocity of 90mph or higher in BP
  • 1 player posted an exit velocity above 100mph
  • 7 infielders had arm stregnth at 80mph or higher across the diamond
  • 4 hitters posted an average bat speed of 70mph or higher with BLAST.

Team Carolina Trials: Queen City - Blast Leaders

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 25.3 mph
2 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 23.3 mph
3 Tyler Hicks NC Cox Mill 2025 3B 22.2 mph
4 Louis Smelcer NC Terry Sanford 2025 C 22.0 mph
^ Evan Burroughs NC Watauga High 2026 SS 22.0 mph
5 Anthony Mosher NC East Mecklenburg 2026 3B 21.3 mph
^ Andru Hall NC West Stokes High School 2025 SS 21.3 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 22.8 mph
2 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 22.2 mph
3 Tyler Hicks NC Cox Mill 2025 3B 21.0 mph
4 Louis Smelcer NC Terry Sanford 2025 C 20.7 mph
5 Anthony Mosher NC East Mecklenburg 2026 3B 20.2 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 78.5 mph
2 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 77.8 mph
3 Anthony Mosher NC East Mecklenburg 2026 3B 75.5 mph
4 Evan Burroughs NC Watauga High 2026 SS 75.4 mph
5 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 74.5 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 74.3 mph
2 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 71.7 mph
3 Anthony Mosher NC East Mecklenburg 2026 3B 71.5 mph
4 Maddox Greene NC Watauga 2025 SS 70.6 mph
5 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 69.5 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 28.6 g
2 Maddox Greene NC Watauga 2025 SS 26.1 g
3 Louis Smelcer NC Terry Sanford 2025 C 23.5 g
4 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 19.3 g
5 Tanner Waugh NC Mooresville 2026 C 18.9 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 21.4 g
2 Maddox Greene NC Watauga 2025 SS 20.1 g
3 Louis Smelcer NC Terry Sanford 2025 C 19.6 g
4 Tanner Waugh NC Mooresville 2026 C 15.5 g
5 Brayden Richards NC Cuthbertson 2025 1B 15.3 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Will Lavender NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2025 2B 83 %
2 JT Roche NC East Lincoln 2026 OF 76 %
3 Tanner Waugh NC Mooresville 2026 C 75 %
4 Maddox Greene NC Watauga 2025 SS 74 %
5 Anthony Mosher NC East Mecklenburg 2026 3B 68 %