Draft Combine Day 1 metrics leaders

June 23rd, 2021

The MLB Draft Combine is underway in Cary, N.C., and players took batting practice for the first time during the event on Tuesday. Those sessions occurred with Rapsodo tracking in place, which means there’s data to begin to comb through.

Here are some of the batting leaders from Day 1, along with their rankings on MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft prospects, where applicable.

Maximum exit velocity, single batted ball

107.6 mph - Lucas Torres, C, Miguel Melendez Munoz HS (P.R.)
107.0 mph - Jackson Linn, OF, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (Mass.)
106.4 mph - Vytas Valincius, INF, Baylor School (Tenn.)
106.3 mph - Jackson Linn, OF, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (Mass.)
105.7 mph - Caleb Lomavita, C, St. Louis Senior HS (Hawaii)
105.6 mph - Tommy White, INF, IMG Academy (Fla.) (No. 103)
105.4 mph - Tommy White, INF, IMG Academy (Fla.) (No. 103)
105.3 mph - Ryan Spikes, INF, Parkview HS (Ga.) (No. 197)
105.0 mph - Will Rogers, C, Mounds View HS (Minn.)
104.7 mph - Will Rogers, C, Mounds View HS (Minn.)

Highest average exit velocity (# of batted balls)

98.2 mph (20) - Tommy White, INF, IMG Academy (Fla.) (No. 103)
96.1 mph (15) - Christian Moore, UTL, Suffield Academy (Conn.)
95.3 mph (15) - Camden Hayslip, OF, Friendship Christian School (Tenn.) (No. 175)
94.9 mph (19) - Ryan Spikes, INF, Parkview HS (Ga.) (No. 197)
94.8 mph (26) - TJ White, OF, Dorman HS (S.C.)
94.6 mph (18) - Alex Ulloa, INF, Calvary Christian HS (Fla.) (No. 163)
94.2 mph (12) - Kaden Moeller, INF, Damien HS (Calif.)
94.1 mph (14) - Ian Moller, C, Wahlert HS (Iowa) (No. 125)
94.0 mph (24) - Will Rogers, C, Mounds View HS (Minn.)
93.9 mph (19) - Juju Stevens, OF, Amity Regional HS (Conn.)

Maximum distance, single batted ball

422 ft - Kaden Moeller, INF, Damien HS (Calif.)
420 ft - Chase Mason, C/UTL, Snow Canyon (Utah) (No. 250)
413 ft - Jackson Linn, OF, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (Mass.)
406 ft - Camden Hayslip, OF, Friendship Christian School (Tenn.) (No.175)
403 ft - Jackson Linn, OF, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (Mass.)
403 ft - Lucas Torres, C, Miguel Melendez Munoz HS (P.R.)
399 ft - Edwin Arroyo, INF, Arecibo Baseball Academy (P.R.) (No. 81)
399 ft - Ian Moller, C, Wahlert HS (Iowa) (No. 125)
398 ft - Juju Stevens, OF, Amity Regional HS (Conn.)
396 ft - Camden Hayslip, OF, Friendship Christian School (Tenn.) (No.175)

Highest average distance (# of batted balls)

326 ft (15) - Camden Hayslip, OF, Friendship Christian School (Tenn.) (No.175)
304 ft (13) - Kaden Moeller, INF, Damien HS (Calif.)
302 ft (19) - Ryan Spikes, INF, Parkview HS (Ga.) (No. 197)
298 ft (15) - Christian Moore, UTL, Suffield Academy (Conn.)
291 ft (21) - Hunter Teplanszky, INF, Marcus HS (Texas)
290 ft (26) - TJ White, OF, Dorman HS (S.C.)
287 ft (19) - Lucas Torres, C, Miguel Melendez Munoz HS (P.R.)
280 ft (21) - Glenn Green, RHP/INF, Sandy Creek HS (Ga.)
279 ft (22) - Thad Ector, OF, Starrs Mill HS (Ga.)
276 ft (14) - Ian Moller, C, Wahlert HS (Iowa) (No. 125)

Most hard-hit batted balls

15 - Tommy White, INF, IMG Academy (Fla.) (No. 103)
13 - Ryan Spikes, INF, Parkview HS (Ga.) (No. 197)
13 - TJ White, OF, Dorman HS (S.C.)
12 - Will Rogers, C, Mounds View HS (Minn.)
11 - Camden Hayslip, OF, Friendship Christian School (Tenn.) (No. 175)
11 - Christian Moore, UTL, Suffield Academy (Conn.)
11 - Max Soliz, C, Bob Jones HS (Ala.)
11 - Alex Ulloa, INF, Calvary Christian HS (Fla.) (No. 163)
10 - Juju Stevens, OF, Amity Regional HS (Conn.)
9 - Braden Montgomery, OF/RHP, Madison Central HS (Miss.) (No. 65)
9 - Jackson Linn, OF, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (Mass.)

Hard-hit = 95+ mph exit velocity