Southern Illinois Preseason ID: Pitching Data Dive
February 21, 2024
On Saturday, February 17th, the Prep Baseball Illinois staff traveled to the SportsBarn in Wood River, IL, to host the inaugural Southern Illinois Preseason ID. This event, which was open to all current HS grad classes, featured 60+ players from southern Illinois that participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, gathering unrivaled data and measurables in the process.
Yesterday, we published our Statistical Analysis, where we broke down the stat leaders from the more traditional categories and our Quick Hits, where we dove into some of the top players from the event. Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the top pitchers with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:
TRACKMAN
FASTBALL
VELOCITY (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 89.0 mph |
2 | Austin Borries | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | RHP | 85.9 mph |
3 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 85.8 mph |
4 | Kaleb Weber | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | RHP | 85.5 mph |
5 | Tyson Filyaw | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | OF | 85.4 mph |
6 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 85.3 mph |
7 | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | 84.9 mph |
8 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 84.7 mph |
9 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 84.4 mph |
10 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 84.1 mph |
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 2353 rpm |
2 | Tyson Filyaw | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | OF | 2334 rpm |
3 | Brody Lindemann | IL | Belleville East | 2027 | C | 2309 rpm |
4 | Michael Lucas | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | SS | 2240 rpm |
5 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 2216 rpm |
6 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 2191 rpm |
7 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 2189 rpm |
8 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 2180 rpm |
9 | Ty Etcheson | IL | Father McGivney | 2026 | SS | 2172 rpm |
10 | Kaleb Weber | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | RHP | 2167 rpm |
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.
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Logan Faust | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | OF | 21.0 in |
2 | Jayce Baedke | MO | MARSHFIELD HIGH | 2027 | OF | 19.0 in |
3 | Michael Lucas | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | SS | 18.9 in |
4 | Cameron Crowe | IL | Sullivan High School | 2025 | LHP | 18.8 in |
5 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 18.6 in |
6 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 17.1 in |
7 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 16.1 in |
8 | Chase Butler | IL | Civic Memorial | 2026 | OF | 15.4 in |
9 | Wyatt Pierson | IL | Delavan | 2025 | RHP | 15.3 in |
10 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 14.9 in |
Induced Vertical Break: Used in short form as "IVB," this metric is most important on fastballs for creating rise and on curveballs for creating depth – it can also have some use when measuring sliders and cutters as well. Sliders tend to be closer to zero inches while cutters are generally between 5 and 15 inches. Usually fastballs and curveballs with large IVB have higher spin efficiencies as well. Sliders generally have very little (closer to zero) IVB and very low spin efficiency. You could also categorize IVB into spin rate as this is part of the “useful movement” you’re looking for. IVB is also a huge part of the vertical approach angle.
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 18.0 |
2 | Frank Stefano | IL | Rochester | 2027 | RHP | 17.5 |
3 | Chase Knebel | IL | Highland | 2025 | LHP | -16.9 |
4 | Quinn Ford | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | OF | 15.9 |
5 | Lucas Owen | IL | Collinsville | 2025 | 2B | 15.5 |
6 | Jack Puent | IL | Alton High School | 2026 | OF | 15.4 |
7 | Andrew Zacha | IL | Marquette Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 15.2 |
8 | Logan Faust | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | OF | -15.2 |
9 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 14.7 |
10 | Carter Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 14.7 |
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.”
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 100 % |
2 | Anderson Kaufmann | IL | Alton | 2028 | C | 83 % |
3 | Owen Hodapp | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 75 % |
4 | Tyson Filyaw | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | OF | 66 % |
^ | Luke Schuckenbrock | IL | Gillespie High School | 2026 | SS | 66 % |
^ | Andrew Zacha | IL | Marquette Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 66 % |
5 | Chase Butler | IL | Civic Memorial | 2026 | OF | 62 % |
^ | Jack Puent | IL | Alton High School | 2026 | OF | 62 % |
Average MLB pitchers throw 62% strikes, and better pitchers throw strikes 65% of the time, or roughly 2:1 strikes to balls.
CURVEBALL
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Frank Stefano | IL | Rochester | 2027 | RHP | 2466 rpm |
2 | Michael Lucas | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | SS | 2465 rpm |
3 | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | 2412 rpm |
4 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 2407 rpm |
5 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 2364 rpm |
6 | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | 2276 rpm |
7 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 2234 rpm |
8 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 2221 rpm |
9 | Jonathon Caudle | IL | O'Fallon | 2027 | RHP | 2126 rpm |
10 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 2120 rpm |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | -11.1 in |
2 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | -10.5 in |
3 | Carter Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | -10.2 in |
4 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | -9.9 in |
5 | Frank Stefano | IL | Rochester | 2027 | RHP | -9.9 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Frank Stefano | IL | Rochester | 2027 | RHP | -20.7 |
2 | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | -18.0 |
3 | Michael Lucas | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | SS | -17.6 |
4 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | -16.7 |
5 | Jack Puent | IL | Alton High School | 2026 | OF | -15.9 |
6 | Carter Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | -15.6 |
7 | Austin Borries | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | RHP | -15.3 |
8 | Jonathon Caudle | IL | O'Fallon | 2027 | RHP | -15.3 |
9 | Chase Knebel | IL | Highland | 2025 | LHP | 15.3 |
10 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | -15.0 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Beau Breyman | IL | Freeburg | 2027 | C | 100 % |
2 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 75 % |
^ | Chase Knebel | IL | Highland | 2025 | LHP | 75 % |
3 | Quinn Ford | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | OF | 66 % |
4 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 50 % |
5 | Tyson Filyaw | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | OF | 40 % |
^ | Ty Etcheson | IL | Father McGivney | 2026 | SS | 40 % |
^ | Anderson Kaufmann | IL | Alton | 2028 | C | 40 % |
^ | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 40 % |
^ | Cameron Crowe | IL | Sullivan High School | 2025 | LHP | 40 % |
SLIDER
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 2425 |
2 | Brody Lindemann | IL | Belleville East | 2027 | C | 2404 |
3 | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | 2349 |
4 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 2310 |
5 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 2309 |
6 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 2267 |
7 | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | 2194 |
8 | Wyatt Pierson | IL | Delavan | 2025 | RHP | 2165 |
9 | Kaleb Weber | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | RHP | 2147 |
10 | Jack Puent | IL | Alton High School | 2026 | OF | 2138 |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Carter Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | 12.0 in |
2 | Lucas Owen | IL | Collinsville | 2025 | 2B | 10.0 in |
3 | Jonathon Caudle | IL | O'Fallon | 2027 | RHP | 5.0 in |
4 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 4.8 in |
5 | Ethan Murphy | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2025 | RHP | -3.1 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | -17.3 |
2 | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | -16.9 |
3 | Brody Lindemann | IL | Belleville East | 2027 | C | -14.4 |
4 | Jack Puent | IL | Alton High School | 2026 | OF | -13.0 |
5 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | -12.8 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Jonathon Caudle | IL | O'Fallon | 2027 | RHP | 100 % |
2 | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 75 % |
3 | Beau Breyman | IL | Freeburg | 2027 | C | 66 % |
^ | Lucas Owen | IL | Collinsville | 2025 | 2B | 66 % |
4 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 60 % |
5 | Luke Schuckenbrock | IL | Gillespie High School | 2026 | SS | 50 % |
^ | Wyatt Pierson | IL | Delavan | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Owen Hodapp | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Chase Butler | IL | Civic Memorial | 2026 | OF | 50 % |
^ | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
CHANGEUP
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 1958 rpm |
2 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 1863 rpm |
3 | Ty Etcheson | IL | Father McGivney | 2026 | SS | 1840 rpm |
4 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 1835 rpm |
5 | Austin Borries | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | RHP | 1809 rpm |
6 | Chase Knebel | IL | Highland | 2025 | LHP | 1787 rpm |
7 | Anderson Kaufmann | IL | Alton | 2028 | C | 1764 rpm |
8 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 1719 rpm |
9 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 1714 rpm |
10 | Andrew Zacha | IL | Marquette Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 1712 rpm |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Logan Faust | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | OF | 20.1 in |
2 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 15.9 in |
3 | Andrew Zacha | IL | Marquette Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 15.5 in |
4 | Frank Stefano | IL | Rochester | 2027 | RHP | 14.8 in |
5 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 14.3 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Beau Breyman | IL | Freeburg | 2027 | C | 19.9 |
2 | Austin Borries | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | RHP | 18.0 |
3 | Evan Day | IL | O'Fallon Township | 2024 | RHP | 18.0 |
4 | Anderson Kaufmann | IL | Alton | 2028 | C | 17.0 |
5 | Jayce Baedke | MO | MARSHFIELD HIGH | 2027 | OF | -16.6 |
6 | Brody Lindemann | IL | Belleville East | 2027 | C | 16.6 |
7 | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | 16.2 |
8 | Wyatt Pierson | IL | Delavan | 2025 | RHP | 15.8 |
9 | Garrick Winkeler | IL | Mater Dei | 2024 | RHP | 15.8 |
10 | Ty Etcheson | IL | Father McGivney | 2026 | SS | 15.7 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Brayden Saling | IL | Williamsville High School | 2025 | SS | 100 % |
^ | Ajay Runkel | IL | Rochester | 2026 | 3B | 100 % |
2 | Andrew Zacha | IL | Marquette Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 80 % |
^ | Quinn Ford | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | OF | 80 % |
3 | Kaleb Weber | IL | O'Fallon | 2026 | RHP | 75 % |
4 | Chase Knebel | IL | Highland | 2025 | LHP | 66 % |
5 | Chase Butler | IL | Civic Memorial | 2026 | OF | 50 % |
^ | Michael Lucas | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | SS | 50 % |
^ | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Wyatt Pierson | IL | Delavan | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Tommy Kramkowski | IL | Belleville East | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.
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