On Friday, October 8th, our staff crossed the border into New York for our Niagara Preseason Uncommitted Open hosted at Niagara University. The event gave our staff a look at uncommitted 2022s and 2023s from Ontario while giving the players a chance to compete in live-game action on a Division I field, in front of multiple local college coaches in the Niagara/Buffalo area.

We had our TrackMan unit on site throughout the day to get numbers on both sides of the ball and we begin to break those pitching numbers down below.

MAX FASTBALL VELO

AVG FASTBALL VELO

PEAK FB SPIN RATE

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.

FB HORIZONTAL BREAK

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.”

AVG CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

AVG SLIDER SPIN RATE

AVG CH HORIZONTAL BREAK

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE	STATE	DATE	LOCATION
2022 Future Games Trials	ON	04/15	The Athlete Matrix
2022 Newfoundland Trials	ON	06/09	Premier Sports Academy
PBR Junior Future Games	NATIONAL	07/26	LakePoint
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario)	ON	08/29	Ontario