Trackman Files (Pitching): New Orleans Summer ID
July 4, 2024
New Orleans, LA - On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the Prep Baseball Louisiana staff traveled to Tulane University, to host our last event of the summer with our New Orleans Summer ID. This year's event featured over 70 prospects from the 2025-2028 classes. Each participant went through a pro-style workout that consisted of running a laser-timed 60 yard dash using Swift Performance, defensive evaluations, batting practice using Trackman Baseball and Blast Motion, and the pitchers finished the event off by throwing bullpens with Trackman Baseball. Below, we take a look at some of the top pitching metrics across different categories from Tuesday.
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MAX FASTBALL & AVERAGE SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Jayce Ruiz | LA | Riverside Academy | 2026 | RHP | 90.1 mph |
2 | Kayden Boyer | LA | Denham Springs | 2025 | C | 89.7 mph |
3 | Alex Richardson | LA | Belle Chasse | 2026 | RHP | 87.5 mph |
4 | Zeke Wall | LA | Iota | 2025 | RHP | 87.4 mph |
5 | Christian Sauska | LA | Isidore Newman | 2026 | RHP | 86.0 mph |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Jake Clifton | LA | Pearl River | 2025 | RHP | 2363 rpm |
2 | Christian Sauska | LA | Isidore Newman | 2026 | RHP | 2356 rpm |
3 | Michael Griggs | LA | Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 2322 rpm |
4 | Cameron DeRoche | LA | Lutcher | 2026 | LHP | 2313 rpm |
5 | Jayce Ruiz | LA | Riverside Academy | 2026 | RHP | 2282 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 | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Bryce Waguespack | LA | St. Charles Catholic | 2027 | LHP | -15.8 |
2 | Julien Vinet | LA | C.E. Byrd | 2025 | RHP | 15.0 |
3 | Toby Cuevas | LA | Covington | 2025 | LHP | -14.5 |
4 | Jayce Ferrygood | LA | Lutcher | 2027 | SS | 13.6 |
5 | Jack Williams | LA | Southside | 2025 | RHP | 12.9 |
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 FASTBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Michael Griggs | LA | Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 20.2 in |
2 | Jayce Ruiz | LA | Riverside Academy | 2026 | RHP | 17.9 in |
3 | Patrick Kennedy | LA | ARCHBISHOP HANNAN HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 17.9 in |
4 | Christian Sauska | LA | Isidore Newman | 2026 | RHP | 17.4 in |
5 | Cameron DeRoche | LA | Lutcher | 2026 | LHP | 17.2 in |
Induced Vertical Break: IVB simply means the pitch is "breaking" upward from the average level a pitch falls from release to home plate. The higher the number, the more "rise" the pitch has compared to average.
AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Cameron DeRoche | LA | Lutcher | 2026 | LHP | 2908 |
2 | Zeke Wall | LA | Iota | 2025 | RHP | 2621 |
3 | Michael Griggs | LA | Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 2449 |
4 | Jayce Ruiz | LA | Riverside Academy | 2026 | RHP | 2415 |
5 | Koby Caulfield | LA | Hahnville High School | 2025 | 1B | 2355 |
Spin Rate: The metric calculates how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, reported in the number of times the pitched ball would spin per minute (“revolutions per minute” or “rpm”).
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Cameron DeRoche | LA | Lutcher | 2026 | LHP | 2885 rpm |
2 | Zeke Wall | LA | Iota | 2025 | RHP | 2853 rpm |
3 | Koby Caulfield | LA | Hahnville High School | 2025 | 1B | 2503 rpm |
4 | Kolston Martinez | LA | John Curtis Christian School | 2026 | OF | 2469 rpm |
5 | Michael Griggs | LA | Catholic | 2025 | RHP | 2434 rpm |
Spin Rate: The metric calculates how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, reported in the number of times the pitched ball would spin per minute (“revolutions per minute” or “rpm”).
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Zeke Wall | LA | Iota | 2025 | RHP | 19.1 |
2 | Hunter Rogers | LA | Southside | 2025 | RHP | 16.5 |
3 | Patrick Kennedy | LA | ARCHBISHOP HANNAN HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 16.4 |
4 | Bryce Waguespack | LA | St. Charles Catholic | 2027 | LHP | -16.1 |
5 | Toby Cuevas | LA | Covington | 2025 | LHP | -15.7 |
Horizontal Break: This metric measures the distance, 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.
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