2025 Future Prospect Games: Trackman Files
July 20, 2021
On Wednesday, July 7, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to Ozinga Field in Crestwood, IL, to host the 2025 Top Prospect Games. This 2025 invite only event helped sort out the top prospects in the state at an earlier age as well as serving as a last chance identifier for the Junior Future Games at LakePoint in Cartersville, GA, July 29-Aug1.
Shortly after the event's conclusion our scouting staff published a Quick Hits piece, highlighting several standouts from the day. We previously rolled out a full analysis of the traditional statistics gathered from that event inside our statistical analysis.
Today, we’re continuing our post-event analysis by examining the data measured by our TrackMan units. The technology is able to capture information that’s difficult to capture by the naked eye, like pitch-by-pitch metrics and batted-ball data. We’ll explain more below:
MAX FASTBALL & PEAK SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 82.3 mph |
2 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 81.1 mph |
3 | Liam Arsich | IL | Lincoln-Way Central | 2025 | OF | 80.4 mph |
4 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 80.0 mph |
5 | DaMaurion Butler | IL | Kenwood Academy High School | 2025 | SS | 79.0 mph |
6 | Jack Bauer | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2025 | LHP | 78.7 mph |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Jack Bauer | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2025 | LHP | 2177 rpm |
2 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 2029 rpm |
3 | Caden Sladek | IL | RiverView | 2025 | 1B | 2002 rpm |
4 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 1957 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 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 13.9 |
2 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 13.2 |
3 | DaMaurion Butler | IL | Kenwood Academy High School | 2025 | SS | 12.3 |
4 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 12.0 |
5 | Liam Arsich | IL | Lincoln-Way Central | 2025 | OF | 11.8 |
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 Slider Spin Rate
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Aidan Nohava | IL | Brother Rice | 2025 | 3B | 1394 |
Average Curveball Spin Rate
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Evan Stinson | IL | Kenwood Academy High School | 2025 | RHP | 1570 rpm |
2 | Liam Arsich | IL | Lincoln-Way Central | 2025 | OF | 1410 rpm |
3 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 1308 rpm |
4 | DaMaurion Butler | IL | Kenwood Academy High School | 2025 | SS | 1223 rpm |
5 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 1175 rpm |
6 | Karson Stiefer | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2025 | LHP | 1134 rpm |
Average Changeup Horizontal Movement
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 13.4 |
2 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 10.4 |
3 | Liam Arsich | IL | Lincoln-Way Central | 2025 | OF | 8.7 |
Average Exit Velocity (Hitting)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Henry Murray | IL | Lane Technical High School | 2025 | OF | 84.8 mph |
2 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 84.7 mph |
3 | Aidan Nohava | IL | Brother Rice | 2025 | 3B | 83.2 mph |
4 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 82.8 mph |
5 | Jimmy Downs | IL | Kenwood Academy | 2025 | 3B | 81.7 mph |
6 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 80.1 mph |
Exit Speed: Also according to TrackMan’s own website: “The speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.”
Peak Exit Velocity (Hitting)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 95.8 mph |
2 | Henry Murray | IL | Lane Technical High School | 2025 | OF | 94.6 mph |
3 | Jack Wheeler | IL | Morris | 2025 | 3B | 90.1 mph |
4 | Aidan Nohava | IL | Brother Rice | 2025 | 3B | 90.0 mph |
5 | Benjamin Mitchell | IL | HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2025 | C | 89.9 mph |
6 | Vincent Ippolito | IL | Willowbrook High School | 2025 | C | 87.8 mph |
7 | Ezra Essex | IL | P27 | 2025 | OF | 86.8 mph |
Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Henry Murray | IL | Lane Technical High School | 2025 | OF | 351 ft |
2 | Benjamin Mitchell | IL | HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2025 | C | 336 ft |
3 | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 1B | 311 ft |
4 | Vincent Ippolito | IL | Willowbrook High School | 2025 | C | 310 ft |
5 | Brady Green | IL | Oak Park-River Forest | 2025 | SS | 305 ft |
6 | Brady Rosenkranz | IL | Stevenson | 2025 | RHP | 304 ft |
7 | Caden Sladek | IL | RiverView | 2025 | 1B | 303 ft |
8 | Omar Coleman | IL | Plainfield North | 2025 | 2B | 300 ft |
For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.
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