Toronto Summer Open: Pitching Data Dive
August 3, 2023
On Tuesday, August 1st, the PBR Ontario staff hosted the Toronto Summer Open at Dan Lang Field in Scarborough, Ontario. This event featured 35 prospects from the 2024 - 2027 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, along with assessing them using our various tech partners.
Our staff has already broken down plenty of top performers from the evnet with our Quick Hits I and Quick Hits II articles, as well as our Positional Data Dive. We continue our post-event coverage below with our Pitching Data Dive, breaking down the top TrackMan pitching data collected at the event.
For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.
FASTBALL
MAX VELOCITY (MPH)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Logan Cassidy | ON | Humberview Secondary School | 2024 | OF | 81.2 mph |
2 | James Colella | ON | Bill Crothers SS | 2025 | OF | 80.6 mph |
3 | Ethan Parks | ON | Neil McNeil | 2026 | RHP | 80.4 mph |
4 | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | 79.9 mph |
5 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 79.5 mph |
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
SPIN RATE (AVG)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Logan Cassidy | ON | Humberview Secondary School | 2024 | OF | 2273 rpm |
2 | James Colella | ON | Bill Crothers SS | 2025 | OF | 2192 rpm |
3 | Carter Delaplante | ON | St Jean De Brebeuf | 2027 | SS | 2158 rpm |
4 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 2104 rpm |
5 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 2045 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.
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Jeevan Bagri | ON | St. Roch Catholic | 2024 | OF | 22.3 in |
2 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | 20.6 in |
3 | Nicholas Myatt | ON | Banting Memorial | 2026 | OF | 20.4 in |
4 | Carter Delaplante | ON | St Jean De Brebeuf | 2027 | SS | 20.2 in |
5 | James Colella | ON | Bill Crothers SS | 2025 | OF | 19.5 in |
Induced Vertical Break: Used in short form as "IVB," this metric is most important on fastballs for creating rise and on curveballs for creating depth – it can also have some use when measuring sliders and cutters as well. Sliders tend to be closer to zero inches while cutters are generally between 5 and 15 inches. Usually fastballs and curveballs with large IVB have higher spin efficiencies as well. Sliders generally have very little (closer to zero) IVB and very low spin efficiency. You could also categorize IVB into spin rate as this is part of the “useful movement” you’re looking for. IVB is also a huge part of the vertical approach angle.
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Blake Hayter | ON | Crescent School | 2027 | OF | 17.6 |
2 | Noah Geerlings | ON | Centre Wellington District High School | 2026 | 3B | 17.4 |
3 | Nathaniel Austen | ON | Brampton Centennial | 2026 | 2B | 16.0 |
4 | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | 15.5 |
5 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 14.0 |
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.”
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | 66 % |
2 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 50 % |
^ | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
CURVEBALL
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Logan Cassidy | ON | Humberview Secondary School | 2024 | OF | 2434 rpm |
2 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 2356 rpm |
3 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | 2143 rpm |
4 | James Colella | ON | Bill Crothers SS | 2025 | OF | 2097 rpm |
5 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 2082 rpm |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Logan Cassidy | ON | Humberview Secondary School | 2024 | OF | -11.4 in |
2 | Nicholas Myatt | ON | Banting Memorial | 2026 | OF | 8.2 in |
3 | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | -6.8 in |
4 | Noah Geerlings | ON | Centre Wellington District High School | 2026 | 3B | -6.3 in |
5 | Ethan Parks | ON | Neil McNeil | 2026 | RHP | -5.8 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 21.3 |
2 | Blake Hayter | ON | Crescent School | 2027 | OF | -18.0 |
3 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | -15.1 |
4 | Ben Crowder | ON | Frontenac | 2025 | RHP | -12.9 |
5 | James Colella | ON | Bill Crothers SS | 2025 | OF | 12.0 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 60 % |
SLIDER
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | 2201 |
2 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 2038 |
3 | Jackson Cottenie | ON | Huron Heights | 2025 | RHP | 1989 |
4 | Carter Delaplante | ON | St Jean De Brebeuf | 2027 | SS | 1839 |
5 | Cole Collura | ON | N/A | 2028 | LHP | 1221 |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Jackson Cottenie | ON | Huron Heights | 2025 | RHP | 8.7 in |
2 | Carter Delaplante | ON | St Jean De Brebeuf | 2027 | SS | -5.0 in |
3 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | -3.0 in |
4 | Cole Collura | ON | N/A | 2028 | LHP | 2.7 in |
5 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | 0.2 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | -16.4 |
2 | Carter Delaplante | ON | St Jean De Brebeuf | 2027 | SS | -14.2 |
3 | Cole Collura | ON | N/A | 2028 | LHP | 10.8 |
4 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | -7.4 |
5 | Jackson Cottenie | ON | Huron Heights | 2025 | RHP | -0.7 |
CHANGEUP
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Ethan Parks | ON | Neil McNeil | 2026 | RHP | 17.0 |
2 | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 16.3 |
3 | Jud McGowan | ON | Lakefield College | 2025 | SS | 15.8 |
4 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | -14.8 |
5 | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | 14.3 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Max Van dam | ON | Ancaster | 2024 | LHP | 75 % |
^ | Luca Valvo | ON | AN Myer | 2025 | SS | 75 % |
^ | Jeevan Bagri | ON | St. Roch Catholic | 2024 | OF | 75 % |
^ | Jacob Hawco | ON | All Saints | 2026 | RHP | 75 % |
2 | Ethan Parks | ON | Neil McNeil | 2026 | RHP | 66 % |
3 | Nathaniel Austen | ON | Brampton Centennial | 2026 | 2B | 57 % |
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
2023 Northeast Senior Games (PBR Canada Selects) | ON | 08/08 | Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex |
2023 Windsor Selects Scout Day | ON | 08/17 | Libro Credit Union Centre |
2023 Windsor Open ID | ON | 08/18 | Libro Credit Union Centre |
2023 Eastern Canada ProCase (Oakville) | ON | 08/19 | King's Christian Collegiate |
2023 ABC Scout Day | ON | 09/13 | Stade Gary-Carter |
2023 Montreal Open ID | ON | 09/13 | Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard |
2023 Ontario Nationals Scout Day | ON | 09/16 | Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame |
2023 Tecumseh/Riverside Scout Day | ON | 09/20 | Lacasse Park |
2023 Markham Mariners Scout Day | ON | 09/24 | Cornell Park |
2023 Barrie Scout Day | ON | 09/25 | Vintage Throne Stadium |
2023 Midwestern Ontario BearCats Scout Day | ON | 09/27 | Lions Park |
2023 North Toronto Scout Day | ON | 10/01 | Sentinel Park |
2023 Ontario Royals Scout Day | ON | 10/09 | King's Christian Collegiate |
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 1) | ON | 10/21 | Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon) |
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 2) | ON | 10/22 | Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon) |
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) | ON | 08/29 | Ontario |
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