Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Reports: Dirtbags Scout Day


John Nolan
Virginia Scouting Director & Managing Editor

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On June 25th the Dirtbags and PBR VA/DC held a Scout Day at the Lynchburg Hillcats Stadium in Lynchburg, VA. There were over 140 players in attendance for the event. During the event we used Trackman to record data on pitchers as they threw their pens, here are the leaders in key categories from the event:

Top Fastball Velocity

Name School Class Top Velocity Commitment
Walker Pedante Deep Run 2021 87.0  
Cody Dimes Sussex Tech (DE) 2021 85.7  
Connor Maggi Jefferson Forest 2021 85.6 Gardner-Webb
Justin Carden Person (NC) 2021 84.3  
Evan Hart Rocky Mount (NC) 2021 84.2  
Gavin Gregory Nansemond River 2021 83.6  
Gavin Bralley Atlee 2021 83.5  
Trent Judd Salem (Salem) 2022 83.1  
Jake Braun James River (Buchanan) 2021 82.6  
Mason Lynch Rockingham County (NC) 2022 82.5  
Sam Bell Jefferson Forest 2023 81.7  
Spencer Fillhart Prince George 2021 80.9  

 

Top Fastball Spin Rate

The average spin rate on a Major League fastball is 2250-2350 RPMs. MLB fastballs with high spin tend to be thrown up in the zone because they appear to rise to hitters, causing the hitter to swing under them. Heavy sink fastballs have spin rates below 1800 and are thrown down in the zone to take advantage of that.

Name School Class Top FB Spin Rate
Matthew Sheppard Ocean Lakes 2020 2432
Colin Moore Tunstall 2021 2350
Gavin Gregory
Nansemond River 2021 2285
Gavin Bralley
Atlee 2021 2265
Evan Hart
Rocky Mount (NC) 2021 2261
Trent Judd
Salem (Salem) 2022 2182
Isaiah Hughes Franklin County 2022 2171
Hunter Sipe William Byrd 2022 2163
Walker Pedante
Deep Run 2021 2149
Justin Carden
Person (NC) 2021 2142
Noah Leonard Lord Botetourt 2023 2138
Mason Lynch
Rockingham County (NC) 2022 2130

 

Top Breaking Ball Spin Rate

The average spin rate on a Major League curveball is 2500-2600 RPMs and a slider is 2400-2500 RPM. Elite MLB breaking balls spin at over 3000 RPMs.

Name School Class Top CB Spin Rate Commitment
Mason Lynch Rockingham County (NC) 2022 2361  
Gabe Sneed Union 2023 2280  
Sam Bell
Jefferson Forest 2023 2216  
Gavin Gregory
Nansemond River 2021 2202  
Spencer Fillhart
Prince George 2021 2201  
Peyton Smith Jefferson Forest 2022 2201  
Gavin Bralley
Atlee 2021 2170  
Noah Leonard
Lord Botetourt 2023 2153  
Connor Maggi
Jefferson Forest 2021 2153 Gardner-Webb
Justin Carden
Person (NC) 2021 2143  
Colin Moore
Tunstall 2021 2132  
Matthew Sheppard
Ocean Lakes 2020 2130