Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Statistical Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Wednesday, June 5th Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like 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 2025-2028 grad classes. 

The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 60 recorded using Swift 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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STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

 

60 YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 6.75 s
2 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 6.89 s
3 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 6.92 s
4 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 6.98 s
5 Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 6.99 s
6 Jaxson Johnson SC Summerville High 2026 3B 7.00 s
^ David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 7.00 s
7 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 7.01 s
8 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 7.03 s
9 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 7.06 s
^ Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 7.06 s
10 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 7.07 s

TRACKMAN MAX EXIT VELOCITY (BP)

During BP, TrackMan tracked ball flight off the bat.  One element TrackMan is able to produce is the exit velocity.  Below are the top Exit Velocities produced during live BP.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 95.7 mph
2 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 94.8 mph
3 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 93.8 mph
4 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 93.2 mph
5 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 93.0 mph
6 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 91.9 mph
7 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 91.7 mph
8 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 91.2 mph
9 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 90.7 mph
10 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 90.2 mph

POSITIONAL VELOCITY – INFIELDERS

Infielders were able to workout at shortstop throwing across the infield, or from 1B throwing to 2B and 3B in the pro-style workout. 

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 89
2 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 84
3 Jaxson Johnson SC Summerville High 2026 3B 80
4 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 79
^ James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 79
5 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 77
6 Max Kniesche SC Lucy Beckham 2027 3B 73
7 Hank Greene SC Fox Creek 2025 2B 68
^ Cole Ivey SC Academic Magnet High 2027 2B 68
8 Samuel Ashley SC Clover 2027 OF 66
9 Cade Tippett SC Wando 2026 3B 64

POSITIONAL VELOCITY – OUTFIELDERS

Outfielders worked out from right field and center field, making throws to the plate and third base.  Throws were measured by a radar gun to gauge arm strength. 

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 90
2 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 86
3 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 84
^ Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 84
4 Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 82
5 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 81
6 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 80
7 Aiden Culler SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 78

CATCHER POSITIONAL VELOCITY & POP TIMES

In the pro-style workout, catchers workout from behind home plate, making multiple throws to 2B, simulating a stolen base attempt. 

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 77
2 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 76
3 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 74
^ David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 74
4 Dylan Jimenez SC Hanahan High 2025 C 66

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 1.91-2.06
2 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 1.93-2.04
3 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 1.96-2.17
4 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 2.00-2.25
5 Dylan Jimenez SC Hanahan High 2025 C 2.22-2.41

TRACKMAN INFO - PITCHER BULLPENS

Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen showcasing their full arsenal of pitches. Velocity and spin rate information was gathered off of the TrackMan. TrackMan analytics are the official analytics and the velocities below were captured by TrackMan.

Max Fastball Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 84.9 mph
2 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 84.7 mph
3 Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 82.8 mph
4 Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 82.3 mph
5 Hunter Doyle SC Lucy Beckham 2025 RHP 81.8 mph
6 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 79.9 mph