PBR IL: Rock Valley JC Scout Day: Pitching Data Dive
September 21, 2022
On Tuesday, September 20, the PBR Illinois staff hosted the Rock Valley JC Scout Day in Rockford, Illinois. The event was unfortunately cut short due to rain, but we still had a chance to see the stable of arms that the Golden Eagles have to offer.
You can read up on the pitchers that stood out to our scouting staff from the Scout Day, HERE.
TRACKMAN
We'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch data.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 93.4 mph |
2 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 91.5 mph |
3 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 89.9 mph |
4 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 87.7 mph |
5 | Michael Spano | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 87.6 mph |
6 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 87.3 mph |
7 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 87.0 mph |
8 | Kahler Key | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 85.0 mph |
9 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 84.6 mph |
10 | Michael Cantrill | Burnet | 2022 | RHP | 84.6 mph |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2510 rpm |
2 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2382 rpm |
3 | Michael Spano | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2373 rpm |
4 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 2342 rpm |
5 | Michael Cantrill | Burnet | 2022 | RHP | 2341 rpm |
6 | Matthew Meyer | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2293 rpm |
7 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2253 rpm |
8 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 2251 rpm |
9 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2236 rpm |
10 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2215 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 | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 23.1 |
2 | Cayden Ahart | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 17.0 |
3 | Chase Duffy | Stillman Valley | 2021 | RHP | 15.3 |
4 | Michael Spano | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 14.5 |
5 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 13.5 |
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.”
MAX & AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Michael Cantrill | Burnet | 2022 | RHP | 2818 rpm |
2 | Michael Spano | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2595 rpm |
3 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2562 rpm |
4 | Matthew Meyer | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2491 rpm |
5 | Kahler Key | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2473 rpm |
6 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 2302 rpm |
7 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2239 rpm |
8 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2227 rpm |
9 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 2178 rpm |
10 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2035 rpm |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Michael Cantrill | Burnet | 2022 | RHP | 2681 rpm |
2 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2500 rpm |
3 | Michael Spano | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2478 rpm |
4 | Matthew Meyer | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2435 rpm |
5 | Kahler Key | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2410 rpm |
6 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2194 rpm |
7 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 2156 rpm |
8 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2148 rpm |
9 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 2123 rpm |
10 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 1993 rpm |
MAX & AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2356 rpm |
2 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2320 rpm |
3 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2246 rpm |
4 | Kahler Key | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2243 rpm |
5 | Cayden Ahart | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2132 rpm |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2283 |
2 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 2239 |
3 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2237 |
4 | Kahler Key | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2207 |
5 | Cayden Ahart | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2006 |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP spin rate & HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 2095 rpm |
2 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 2001 rpm |
3 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 1907 rpm |
4 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 1898 rpm |
5 | Chase Duffy | Stillman Valley | 2021 | RHP | 1896 rpm |
6 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 1851 rpm |
7 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 1841 rpm |
8 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 1688 rpm |
9 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | 1676 rpm |
10 | Payton Benning | Streator Township | 2021 | LHP | 1656 rpm |
Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Austin Loberger | Bradford | 2024 | RHP | 25.5 |
2 | Drew Burkholder | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | RHP | 20.9 |
3 | Griffin Smith | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 20.7 |
4 | Ethan Storm | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 17.3 |
5 | Michael Cantrill | Burnet | 2022 | RHP | 16.5 |
6 | Sam Pritchard | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 15.5 |
7 | Rick Powell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | OF | 14.6 |
8 | Chase Duffy | Stillman Valley | 2021 | RHP | 12.1 |
9 | Ryan Sell | Rock Valley JC | 2021 | LHP | -11.5 |
10 | Braydon Cooper | Rock Valley JC | 2022 | RHP | 11.5 |
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