Team Carolina Trials Queen City: Blast Leaders
June 22, 2024
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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 | 1B | 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 | 1B | 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 | 1B | 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 | 1B | 71.5 mph |
4 | Maddox Greene | NC | Watauga High | 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 High | 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 High | 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 High | 2025 | SS | 74 % |
5 | Anthony Mosher | NC | East Mecklenburg | 2026 | 1B | 68 % |
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