PBR IL: Lake Land JC Scout Day Statistical & Data Analysis
October 5, 2024
On Oct. 1st, Prep Baseball Illinois traveled to Lake Land JC in Mattoon, IL., for the Lake Land JC Scout Day The event featured over 30 players that allowed our staff to get an inside look ahead of their 2024 season.
Below are the day’s top performers, broken down by position players and pitchers. To see a list of those that attended, click here. For all of the statistics from this event, click here.
By The Numbers
- 5 runners ran a sub 7.00 60-yard time.
- 2 pitchers had a Max Fastball over 90 mph and 8 total over 87 mph.
- 6 batters had a Max Exit Velocity over 96 mph.
- 1 batter had a Max Bat Speed over 80 mph and 8 total over 75 mph.
POSITIONAL TOOLS
TOP 60-TIMES
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | 60-yard |
1 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 6.78 |
2 | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 6.80 |
3 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 6.84 |
4 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 6.87 |
5 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 6.90 |
MAX INF VELOCITY
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | INF Velo |
1 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 91 |
2 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 89 |
3 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 83 |
MAX OF VELOCITY
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | OF Velo |
1 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 91 |
^ | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 91 |
2 | jake stewart | Sullivan | 2024 | OF | 88 |
^ | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 88 |
3 | Kody Brown | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 86 |
^ | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 86 |
MAX C VELOCITY
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | C Velo |
1 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 85 |
2 | Kody Brown | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 81 |
3 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 80 |
4 | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 75 |
TOP POP-TIMES
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Pop Time |
1 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 1.94-2.09 |
2 | Kody Brown | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 2.01-2.09 |
3 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 2.01-2.12 |
4 | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 2.14-2.26 |
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.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & AVERAGE SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Tyler Zuber | Lake Land JC | 2024 | RHP | 91.2 mph |
2 | Eddie Scaccia | College of DuPage | 2023 | RHP | 90.8 mph |
3 | Drake McDonald | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 89.9 mph |
4 | Griffin Hallahan | Southeastern CC (IA) | 2022 | LHP | 88.4 mph |
5 | Nathan Trimble | Shelbyville | 2023 | 3B | 88.1 mph |
6 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 87.7 mph |
7 | Jack Helms | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 87.1 mph |
8 | Kyle Weatherford | Athens | 2024 | RHP | 87.1 mph |
9 | Wyatt Brown | Eastern Illinois | 2023 | RHP | 86.9 mph |
10 | Joe Wright | Missouri Southern | 2023 | LHP | 85.8 mph |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Tyler Zuber | Lake Land JC | 2024 | RHP | 2521 rpm |
2 | Nathan Trimble | Shelbyville | 2023 | 3B | 2295 rpm |
3 | Owen Dunn | Nashville Community | 2023 | RHP | 2203 rpm |
4 | Jack Helms | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2182 rpm |
5 | Drake McDonald | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2171 rpm |
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
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Cameron Heaney | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 14.5 |
2 | Owen Dunn | Nashville Community | 2023 | RHP | 13.1 |
3 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 13.1 |
4 | Jack Helms | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 11.9 |
5 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 11.0 |
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
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Tyler Zuber | Lake Land JC | 2024 | RHP | 2920 rpm |
2 | Wyatt Brown | Eastern Illinois | 2023 | RHP | 2377 rpm |
3 | Colin McCarty | Lake Land JC | 2024 | LHP | 2329 rpm |
4 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2324 rpm |
5 | Owen Dunn | Nashville Community | 2023 | RHP | 2293 rpm |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Cameron Heaney | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2511 |
2 | Jack Helms | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2504 |
3 | Colin McCarty | Lake Land JC | 2024 | LHP | 2451 |
4 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 2389 |
5 | Owen Dunn | Nashville Community | 2023 | RHP | 2374 |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Declan Jessee | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | -16.5 |
2 | Jack Helms | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | -16.3 |
3 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | -15.3 |
4 | Eddie Scaccia | College of DuPage | 2023 | RHP | -13.1 |
5 | Kyle Weatherford | Athens | 2024 | RHP | -12.3 |
6 | Owen Dunn | Nashville Community | 2023 | RHP | -7.8 |
7 | Colin McCarty | Lake Land JC | 2024 | LHP | 7.2 |
8 | Nathan Trimble | Shelbyville | 2023 | 3B | -7.1 |
9 | Cameron Heaney | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | -4.2 |
10 | Griffin Hallahan | Southeastern CC (IA) | 2022 | LHP | -4.0 |
MAX & AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 98.8 mph |
2 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 98.7 mph |
3 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 98.1 mph |
4 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 96.9 mph |
5 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 96.5 mph |
6 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 96.4 mph |
7 | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 94.9 mph |
8 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 94.2 mph |
9 | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 93.2 mph |
10 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 92.5 mph |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 93.5 mph |
2 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 92.2 mph |
3 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 91.0 mph |
4 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 90.2 mph |
5 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 89.9 mph |
MAX DISTANCE
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 386 ft |
2 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 371 ft |
3 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 365 ft |
4 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 359 ft |
5 | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 341 ft |
6 | Noah Dill | Lake Land JC | 2023 | 3B | 339 ft |
7 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 335 ft |
8 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 330 ft |
9 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 321 ft |
10 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 321 ft |
SWEET SPOT %
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Sweet Spot % |
1 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 80 % |
^ | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 80 % |
2 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 66 % |
3 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 60 % |
^ | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 60 % |
^ | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 60 % |
Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees. Sweet spot percentage can be used in concert with hard-hit rate -- the percentage of a player's batted balls that have an exit velocity of 90 mph or higher. Per MLB glossary.
BLAST MOTION
With the help of our Blast Motion sensors, we're analyzing the swing metrics measured at this event.
HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 23.6 mph |
2 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 22.7 mph |
3 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 22.6 mph |
4 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 22.5 mph |
^ | Noah Dill | Lake Land JC | 2023 | 3B | 22.5 mph |
5 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 22.2 mph |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 21.8 mph |
2 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 21.2 mph |
3 | Noah Dill | Lake Land JC | 2023 | 3B | 21.1 mph |
4 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 21.1 mph |
5 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 20.6 mph |
Hand Speed: The observed 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 (PEAK & AVERAGE)
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 83.0 mph |
2 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 79.2 mph |
3 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 76.4 mph |
4 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 76.2 mph |
5 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 76.1 mph |
6 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 75.7 mph |
^ | Nathan Stuemke | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 75.7 mph |
7 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 75.6 mph |
8 | Kaiden Maurer | Lake Land JC | 2024 | SS | 73.3 mph |
9 | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 72.6 mph |
10 | Kody Brown | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 71.4 mph |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 74.9 mph |
2 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 73.8 mph |
3 | Logan Winkleman | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 73.3 mph |
4 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 72.6 mph |
5 | Luca Mendez | Gulliver Prep | 2023 | OF | 72.5 mph |
Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (AVERAGE)
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
1 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 22.6 g |
2 | Vinny Spotofora | College of DuPage | 2023 | 3B | 18.6 g |
3 | Owen Hawkins | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 15.3 g |
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.
ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY %
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
1 | Kody Brown | Lake Land JC | 2024 | C | 77 % |
2 | Drew DuPont | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 76 % |
3 | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 73 % |
4 | Brandon Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | RHP | 71 % |
5 | Bryce Beyers | Lake Land JC | 2024 | 1B | 70 % |
On-Plane Efficiency %:measures the percentage of your swing where the bat is on the swing plane. Your Vertical Bat Angle (VBA) at contact establishes the plane for that specific swing. A high % is a great indicator of making consistent contact and barreling balls. Blast recommends an average of 70% or higher, with a range in the 65% to 85%.
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