Top Prospect - St. Louis: TrackMan Files
June 28, 2021
On Tuesday, June 15, the PBR Illinois and Missouri scouting staffs hosted the annual Top Prospect - St. Louis event in St. Louis, MO at the Lou Brock sports complex on the Lindenwood University campus. This invite only event fielded a total of 35 athletes from Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas that primarily represented the 2022 graduating classes, although a handful of 2023s also attended.
We published our Quick Hits from the event shortly after, providing a few highlight performances that stood out last Tuesday and followed that up with our traditional Statistical Analysis, an article that looks at some standouts from a pure numerical standpoint.
Today, we'll be taking a look at batted ball and pitch data captured by our portable TrackMan units that allow us to provide more data-filled information from this event.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & PEak SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 88.8 mph |
2 | Jackson Chu | MO | St. Charles | 2022 | SS | 87.5 mph |
3 | Christopher Bieniek | IL | Notre Dame College Prep | 2022 | RHP | 87.0 mph |
4 | Luke Wickenhauser | IL | Calhoun | 2022 | RHP | 85.4 mph |
5 | Gavin Sitarz | IL | St. Charles East | 2022 | LHP | 85.0 mph |
6 | Dominic Voegele | IL | Columbia | 2023 | RHP | 84.6 mph |
7 | Luke Aubuchon | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | SS | 84.2 mph |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 2435 rpm |
2 | Christopher Bieniek | IL | Notre Dame College Prep | 2022 | RHP | 2366 rpm |
3 | Gavin Sitarz | IL | St. Charles East | 2022 | LHP | 2332 rpm |
4 | Luke Aubuchon | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | SS | 2290 rpm |
5 | Luke Wickenhauser | IL | Calhoun | 2022 | RHP | 2260 rpm |
6 | Evan Abercrombie | MO | Montgomery County | 2022 | RHP | 2237 rpm |
7 | Ryan Ball | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2022 | RHP | 2192 rpm |
8 | Isaac Vedder | MO | St. Francis Borgia | 2022 | RHP | 2001 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 | Evan Abercrombie | MO | Montgomery County | 2022 | RHP | 17.3 |
2 | Luke Wickenhauser | IL | Calhoun | 2022 | RHP | 10.6 |
3 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 10.5 |
4 | Evan Meurer | MO | Francis Howell Central | 2022 | OF | 9.4 |
5 | Jackson Chu | MO | St. Charles | 2022 | SS | 9.0 |
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 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 2186 |
2 | Gavin Sitarz | IL | St. Charles East | 2022 | LHP | 2174 |
3 | Isaac Vedder | MO | St. Francis Borgia | 2022 | RHP | 2141 |
4 | Dominic Voegele | IL | Columbia | 2023 | RHP | 2006 |
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 2271 rpm |
2 | Dominic Voegele | IL | Columbia | 2023 | RHP | 2162 rpm |
3 | Christopher Bieniek | IL | Notre Dame College Prep | 2022 | RHP | 2151 rpm |
4 | Luke Wickenhauser | IL | Calhoun | 2022 | RHP | 2100 rpm |
5 | Isaac Vedder | MO | St. Francis Borgia | 2022 | RHP | 2046 rpm |
6 | Gavin Sitarz | IL | St. Charles East | 2022 | LHP | 1977 rpm |
7 | Evan Meurer | MO | Francis Howell Central | 2022 | OF | 1946 rpm |
8 | Evan Abercrombie | MO | Montgomery County | 2022 | RHP | 1888 rpm |
9 | Ryan Ball | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2022 | RHP | 1834 rpm |
10 | Luke Aubuchon | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | SS | 1812 rpm |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Evan Abercrombie | MO | Montgomery County | 2022 | RHP | 19.7 |
2 | Gavin Sitarz | IL | St. Charles East | 2022 | LHP | -14.4 |
3 | Joseph Swanson | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 7.9 |
4 | Luke Wickenhauser | IL | Calhoun | 2022 | RHP | 7.3 |
5 | Ryan Ball | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2022 | RHP | 6.4 |
6 | Cayden Drum | MO | Jackson | 2022 | RHP | 5.7 |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Wyatt Miller | MO | Francis Howell Central | 2023 | 3B | 90.2 mph |
2 | Nicolas Neal | MO | Pattonville | 2022 | OF | 89.0 mph |
3 | Ryan Capps | MO | Louisiana | 2022 | 1B | 87.3 mph |
4 | Max Harris | MO | Marquette | 2022 | SS | 86.1 mph |
5 | Parker Davis | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | OF | 85.8 mph |
6 | Grant Campbell | MO | Lafayette | 2022 | 3B | 85.6 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 | Max Harris | MO | Marquette | 2022 | SS | 96.1 mph |
2 | Nicolas Neal | MO | Pattonville | 2022 | OF | 94.4 mph |
3 | Parker Davis | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | OF | 94.4 mph |
4 | Dominic Voegele | IL | Columbia | 2023 | RHP | 93.5 mph |
5 | Ryan Ulm | MO | Fort Zumwalt West | 2022 | C | 93.5 mph |
6 | Ryan Capps | MO | Louisiana | 2022 | 1B | 93.4 mph |
7 | Wyatt Miller | MO | Francis Howell Central | 2023 | 3B | 93.2 mph |
8 | Mason Lawson | MO | Seckman | 2022 | 1B | 92.9 mph |
9 | Jackson Chu | MO | St. Charles | 2022 | SS | 92.7 mph |
10 | Ethan Milam | MO | Francis Howell | 2023 | SS | 92.6 mph |
11 | Zac Fruend | MO | Lutheran St. Charles | 2022 | SS | 92.4 mph |
12 | Cyrus Mehmedi | IL | St Patricks | 2022 | C | 92.2 mph |
13 | Grant Campbell | MO | Lafayette | 2022 | 3B | 91.6 mph |
PEAK ESTIMATED BATTED DISTANCE (HITTING)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Wyatt Miller | MO | Francis Howell Central | 2023 | 3B | 344 ft |
2 | Parker Davis | MO | Fort Zumwalt East | 2022 | OF | 343 ft |
3 | Ryan Capps | MO | Louisiana | 2022 | 1B | 342 ft |
4 | Nicolas Neal | MO | Pattonville | 2022 | OF | 338 ft |
5 | Jackson Chu | MO | St. Charles | 2022 | SS | 337 ft |
6 | Grant Campbell | MO | Lafayette | 2022 | 3B | 333 ft |
7 | Blayne Holman | MO | Francis Howell | 2022 | 1B | 329 ft |
8 | Cyrus Mehmedi | IL | St Patricks | 2022 | C | 325 ft |
9 | Dominic Voegele | IL | Columbia | 2023 | RHP | 324 ft |
10 | Aidan O'Connell | IL | St. Charles North | 2022 | C | 320 ft |
For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.
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