On Wednesday, September 14, PBR Illinois hosted the Parkland College Scout Day at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. The event once again proved why the Cobras are one of the top NJCAA Division II schools in the country, as they ran out a number of impressive prospects throughout the workout.

For a look into which prospects stood out to our scouting staff, check out the Takeaways story we published from the event.

Trackman

We'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch data.

Max Velocity & Spin Rate 

Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.

Spin Rate: This metric calculates the rate of spin on the baseball as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, measured in revolutions per minute (rpm). Historical data shows that high-spin fastballs lessen the impact of gravity, allowing for more ‘rise’ (or less fall, in other words) as it carries through the zone. Low-spin fastballs typically indicate the pitch has greater horizontal action, often making it tougher to square up, but generally easier to make contact with, leading to more ground balls, while high-spin fastballs show a correlation with swings and misses. 

Average Fastball Horizontal Movement 

Horizontal Break: Outlined on TrackMan’s own website: “... horizontal movement is measured in inches between where the pitch actually crosses the front of home plate side-wise, and where it would have crossed home plate side-wise if had it traveled in a perfectly straight line from release. A positive number means the break was to the right from the pitcher’s perspective, while a negative number means the break was to the left from the pitcher’s perspective.”

Average Curveball & slider spin rate

Average Changeup horizontal movement 

Max exit velocity (hitting)

Max distance (hitting)

Blast Motion

With the help of our Blast Motion sensors, we're analyzing the swing metrics measured at this open showcase.

Hand Speed (Peak & Average) 

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

Bat Speed (Average)

Rotational Acceleration (Peak & Average)

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

Positional Tools

Top 60-times

Max INF Velocity

Max OF Velocity 

Max C Velocity 

top pop-times 

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