OBJ Scout Day: TrackMan Files (Pitching)
April 5, 2022
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On Friday our staff was at the Athlete Matrix in Mississauga for the Ontario Blue Jays Scout Day as pitchers took the mound to showcases their stuff in front of our scouting staff and TrackMan unit. We got a look at an exciting 2022 draft arm and an impressive class of 2024 arms, highlighted by one of the best in the province and maybe even the country.
With our TrackMan unit on site, we begin breaking down the data collected throughout the day.
MAX FASTBALL VELO
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 90.5 mph |
2 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 89.9 mph |
3 | Matt Sargeant | ON | Ancaster | 2023 | RHP | 89.3 mph |
4 | Matthew Brown | SC | P27 | 2024 | RHP | 89.3 mph |
5 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 88.8 mph |
6 | Liam Cruickshank | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | RHP | 88.3 mph |
7 | John McDonald | ON | St- Aloysius Gonzaga S.S. | 2023 | RHP | 88.0 mph |
8 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 87.1 mph |
9 | Liam Watt | ON | Nelson SS | 2022 | 86.7 mph | |
10 | Gabriel D'Addario | ON | Bishop Reding | 2023 | RHP | 86.4 mph |
AVG FASTBALL VELO
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Eff Velocity (avg) |
1 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 90.9 mph |
2 | Matthew Brown | SC | P27 | 2024 | RHP | 90.3 mph |
3 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 89.6 mph |
4 | Matt Sargeant | ON | Ancaster | 2023 | RHP | 89.0 mph |
5 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 88.6 mph |
6 | John McDonald | ON | St- Aloysius Gonzaga S.S. | 2023 | RHP | 88.5 mph |
7 | Liam Cruickshank | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | RHP | 87.3 mph |
8 | Lachlan Harrison | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | LHP | 87.0 mph |
9 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 86.9 mph |
10 | Gabriel D'Addario | ON | Bishop Reding | 2023 | RHP | 86.3 mph |
PEAK FB SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 2561 rpm |
2 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 2429 rpm |
3 | Jaiden McCully | ON | London central secondary school | 2023 | RHP | 2331 rpm |
4 | Liam Cruickshank | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | RHP | 2329 rpm |
5 | Wil Yamka | ON | Holy Trinity | 2022 | LHP | 2283 rpm |
6 | Matt Sargeant | ON | Ancaster | 2023 | RHP | 2272 rpm |
7 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 2247 rpm |
8 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 2206 rpm |
9 | Thomas Reilly | ON | St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 | RHP | 2177 rpm |
10 | Eli Press | ON | CHAT | 2023 | RHP | 2154 rpm |
^ | Eli Press | ON | Tanenbaum CHAT | 2022 | RHP | 2154 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.
AVG FB HORIZONTAL BREAK
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Aryan Sharma | ON | Turner Fenton Secondary School | 2022 | RHP | 16.0 |
2 | Matthew Spencer | ON | Banting Memorial | 2025 | RHP | 15.0 |
3 | Juan Cruz | ON | St Martin Catholic | 2026 | SS | 14.6 |
4 | Jaiden McCully | ON | London central secondary school | 2023 | RHP | 12.8 |
5 | Gabriel D'Addario | ON | Bishop Reding | 2023 | RHP | 12.8 |
6 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 12.3 |
7 | Joe Scott | ON | Riverdale Collegiate Insitute | 2023 | LHP | -12.1 |
8 | Zach Fishback | ON | Ingersoll | 2023 | 1B | -11.9 |
9 | Liam Watt | ON | Nelson SS | 2022 | -11.9 | |
10 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 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.”
AVG CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Jaiden McCully | ON | London central secondary school | 2023 | RHP | 2682 rpm |
2 | Eli Press | ON | Tanenbaum CHAT | 2022 | RHP | 2280 rpm |
^ | Eli Press | ON | CHAT | 2023 | RHP | 2280 rpm |
3 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 2248 rpm |
4 | Quinn Tavares | ON | St Martins | 2022 | RHP | 2216 rpm |
5 | Noah Arkell | ON | St Martin | 2025 | OF | 2213 rpm |
6 | Matt Sargeant | ON | Ancaster | 2023 | RHP | 2165 rpm |
7 | Alex Hunter | ON | Barrie North Collegiate | 2026 | RHP | 1984 rpm |
8 | Hank Lloyd | ON | Western Tech Comm (GIFTED PROGRAM) | 2025 | RHP | 1962 rpm |
9 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 1953 rpm |
10 | Lachlan Harrison | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | LHP | 1915 rpm |
AVG CB VERTICAL BREAK
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 22.7 in |
2 | Michael Perrotta | ON | Port Credit | 2024 | RHP | 21.5 in |
3 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 20.9 in |
4 | Cole Zalzal | ON | Iroquois Ridge High School | 2024 | LHP | 20.3 in |
5 | Liam Cruickshank | ON | Loyola Catholic | 2024 | RHP | 20.0 in |
6 | Hank Lloyd | ON | Western Tech Comm (GIFTED PROGRAM) | 2025 | RHP | 19.4 in |
7 | Erik Iseppon | ON | A.N. Myer | 2024 | RHP | 19.3 in |
8 | Julian Alvarez | ON | Tommy Douglas | 2023 | RHP | 18.9 in |
9 | Zach Ali Khan | ON | Upper Canada College | 2024 | RHP | 18.8 in |
10 | Liam Watt | ON | Nelson SS | 2022 | 18.3 in |
AVG SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 2611 |
2 | Matt Sargeant | ON | Ancaster | 2023 | RHP | 2516 |
3 | Thomas Reilly | ON | St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 | RHP | 2349 |
4 | Joe Scott | ON | Riverdale Collegiate Insitute | 2023 | LHP | 2348 |
5 | John McDonald | ON | St- Aloysius Gonzaga S.S. | 2023 | RHP | 2282 |
6 | Owen Newman | ON | Streetsville | 2025 | RHP | 2257 |
7 | Wil Yamka | ON | Holy Trinity | 2022 | LHP | 2240 |
8 | Liam Watt | ON | Nelson SS | 2022 | 2196 | |
9 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 2135 |
10 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 2093 |
AVG SL HORIZONTAL BREAK
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | -16.9 |
2 | Joe Scott | ON | Riverdale Collegiate Insitute | 2023 | LHP | 14.0 |
3 | Nathan Mazer | ON | Stephen Lewis | 2024 | LHP | 12.8 |
4 | Wil Yamka | ON | Holy Trinity | 2022 | LHP | 12.4 |
5 | Zach Fishback | ON | Ingersoll | 2023 | 1B | 12.3 |
6 | Juan Cruz | ON | St Martin Catholic | 2026 | SS | -12.3 |
7 | Agastya Kushari | ON | Northern Secondary School | 2023 | LHP | 11.0 |
8 | Charlie Firth | ON | St. Martin | 2025 | RHP | -10.6 |
9 | Aryan Sharma | ON | Turner Fenton Secondary School | 2022 | RHP | -9.9 |
10 | Owen Newman | ON | Streetsville | 2025 | RHP | -9.8 |
AVG CH HORIZONTAL BREAK
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Aryan Sharma | ON | Turner Fenton Secondary School | 2022 | RHP | 18.0 |
2 | Andrew MacNeil | ON | Christ the King | 2022 | RHP | 16.9 |
3 | Jaiden McCully | ON | London central secondary school | 2023 | RHP | 16.8 |
4 | Zach Ali Khan | ON | Upper Canada College | 2024 | RHP | 16.6 |
5 | Zach Fishback | ON | Ingersoll | 2023 | 1B | -16.4 |
6 | James Wilson | ON | Humberside CI | 2022 | RHP | 15.9 |
7 | Gabriel D'Addario | ON | Bishop Reding | 2023 | RHP | 15.7 |
8 | Makaio Cisneros | ON | TNXL Baseball Academy | 2024 | RHP | 15.6 |
9 | Kansai Sugimoto | ON | Blyth Academy | 2022 | RHP | 15.6 |
10 | Thomas Reilly | ON | St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 | RHP | 15.3 |
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
Niagara Preseason Uncommitted | ON | 04/08 | Niagara University |
2022 Future Games Trials | ON | 04/15 | The Athlete Matrix |
PBR Junior Future Games | NATIONAL | 07/26 | LakePoint |
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) | ON | 08/29 | Ontario |