Team Easton Scout Day: TrackMan Files
October 12, 2021
On Tuesday, October 5, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to Glen Ellyn, Illinois, to host the Team Easton Scout Day at the College of DuPage. This event gave our staff an opportunity to get an up close look at roughly 40+ prospects from the Team Easton travel program, representing the 2022-to-2025 graduating classes.
Earlier today we published a Statistical Analysis, bringing you a quick statistical analysis of those that participated in the event, as well as a quick nugget on which players stood out.
Now 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 metric data.
MAX FASTBALL & PEAK SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Tom Ford | IL | Lisle | 2024 | RHP | 83.5 mph |
2 | Connor Chapulis | IL | Riverside Brookfield | 2022 | RHP | 82.5 mph |
3 | Ryan Klukas | IL | Lemont | 2023 | LHP | 80.8 mph |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Tom Ford | IL | Lisle | 2024 | RHP | 2334 rpm |
2 | Ryan Klukas | IL | Lemont | 2023 | LHP | 2236 rpm |
3 | Timothy McCormick | IL | lyons township | 2025 | LHP | 2197 rpm |
4 | Max Pavlik | IL | Hinsdale Central | 2023 | 3B | 2187 rpm |
5 | Nate Cape | IL | Lyons Township | 2023 | RHP | 2177 rpm |
6 | Christopher Rowe | IL | Naperville North | 2023 | OF | 2144 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 | Frank Porcelli | IL | Downers Grove North | 2024 | RHP | 15.7 |
2 | Austin Carthan | IL | Montini Catholic | 2024 | OF | -14.8 |
3 | Austin Phillip | IL | Downers Grove North | 2024 | LHP | -12.9 |
4 | Kameron Couch | IL | Wheaton Warrenville South | 2024 | RHP | 12.5 |
5 | Christopher Rowe | IL | Naperville North | 2023 | OF | 12.4 |
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 | Ryan Klukas | IL | Lemont | 2023 | LHP | 2329 |
2 | Connor Chapulis | IL | Riverside Brookfield | 2022 | RHP | 2245 |
3 | Christopher Rowe | IL | Naperville North | 2023 | OF | 2166 |
4 | Max Pavlik | IL | Hinsdale Central | 2023 | 3B | 2152 |
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Max Pavlik | IL | Hinsdale Central | 2023 | 3B | 2185 rpm |
2 | Christopher Rowe | IL | Naperville North | 2023 | OF | 2185 rpm |
3 | Connor Chapulis | IL | Riverside Brookfield | 2022 | RHP | 2180 rpm |
4 | Brett Eslinger | IL | Lemont | 2023 | RHP | 2117 rpm |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Austin Phillip | IL | Downers Grove North | 2024 | LHP | -13.4 |
2 | Ryan Klukas | IL | Lemont | 2023 | LHP | -13.4 |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Rocco Tenuta | IL | St. Francis | 2023 | SS | 91.0 mph |
2 | Dimitri Spatharakis | IL | Lemont | 2022 | OF | 89.5 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 | Rocco Tenuta | IL | St. Francis | 2023 | SS | 98.7 mph |
2 | Dimitri Spatharakis | IL | Lemont | 2022 | OF | 95.8 mph |
3 | Max Pavlik | IL | Hinsdale Central | 2023 | 3B | 94.5 mph |
4 | Aayush Modi | IL | Naperville North | 2024 | 1B | 92.3 mph |
5 | Tom Ford | IL | Lisle | 2024 | RHP | 91.2 mph |
Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Max Pavlik | IL | Hinsdale Central | 2023 | 3B | 346 ft |
2 | Ryan Norkus | IL | Downers Grove South | 2023 | LHP | 330 ft |
3 | Daniel Dalton | IL | Downers Grove South | 2023 | C | 323 ft |
4 | Patrick Kulaga | IL | Naperville Central | 2023 | C | 319 ft |
5 | Declan Trant | IL | Downers Grove South | 2023 | OF | 311 ft |
For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.
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