Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Swift Athletic 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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SWIFT LEADERS

 

10 / 30 / 60 YARD DASH

The laser timers from Swift Athletics allow players to be tested running a 60 yard dash, giving PBR Scouts a 10yd split, 30yd split, and other information about each player’s speed capabilities in the run.

10 YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Jaxson Johnson SC Summerville High 2026 3B 1.57 s
2 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 1.59 s
^ Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 1.59 s
3 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 1.60 s
4 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 1.62 s
^ Hank Greene SC Fox Creek 2025 2B 1.62 s
5 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 1.63 s
^ Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 1.63 s
6 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 1.65 s
7 Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 1.66 s
8 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 1.67 s
^ Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 1.67 s
9 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 1.68 s
10 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 1.70 s

30 YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 30-yd
1 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 3.76 s
2 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 3.82 s
^ Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 3.82 s
^ Jaxson Johnson SC Summerville High 2026 3B 3.82 s
3 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 3.83 s
^ Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 3.83 s
4 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 3.86 s
^ Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 3.86 s
5 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 3.88 s
6 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 3.89 s
^ Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 3.89 s
^ Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 3.89 s
7 Hank Greene SC Fox Creek 2025 2B 3.94 s
8 Cole Ivey SC Academic Magnet High 2027 2B 3.97 s
9 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 4.00 s
10 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 4.01 s

60 YARD TIME

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

PEAK RUNNING SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Run speed (max)
1 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 20.5
2 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 20.0
3 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 19.8
4 Cameron Craft SC Waccamaw 2026 LHP 19.6
5 Cole Ivey SC Academic Magnet High 2027 2B 19.6
6 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 19.5
^ Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 19.5
7 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 19.5
8 Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 19.4
9 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 19.4
10 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 19.3

SWIFT JUMP TESTING

Players were able to test their vertical jump as well as an RSI jump.  The Veritcal Jump gives Scouts an idea on the power and explosion an athlete possesses.  The Vertical was performed without a step, meaning the athlete was standing still with two feet on the ground and then jumped.  

PEAK VERTICAL JUMP

Rank Name State School Class Pos Jump Height (max)
1 Jaxson Johnson SC Summerville High 2026 3B 33.3
2 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 29.3
3 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 27.1
4 Cole Ivey SC Academic Magnet High 2027 2B 26.8
5 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 26.4
6 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 26.0
7 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 25.5
8 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 25.3
9 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 25.1
10 Hank Greene SC Fox Creek 2025 2B 25.0