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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

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.

AVG 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 CB VERTICAL BREAK

AVG SLIDER SPIN RATE

AVG SL HORIZONTAL BREAK

AVG CH HORIZONTAL BREAK

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