Prep Baseball Report

Seattle Summer ID - Pitching Data Dive


Dylan Grenz
Associate Scout

Last week, Prep Baseball staff hosted the Seattle Summer ID at Island Crest Park in Mercer Island, WA. Featuring prospects in the 2025-2028 classes, players from across the state participated in this showcase-style workout. The event included unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art technology partners and in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball staff.

Summer ID events serve as an important tool for both PBR scouts and college recruiters, who will subsequently create lists of prospects to follow as they plan their remaining summer coverage. We often tend to see prospects' best showings in summer ID events, as players are fresh off playing for their respective high schools and are in the routine that consistently playing in-game offers. Standout performances can lend invites to some of the summer's top events, including the PBR Pacific Northwest State Games.

Earlier, we released our Quick Hits, where we highlighted some standout performers from the ID event, our Statistical Analysis, where we highlighted top performers in traditional statistical categories, and our Positional Data Dive, where we showcased leaders in position player data. Today, we release our Pitching Data Dive, where we showcase leaderboards in more complex pitching data categories.

DATA DIVE - TRACKMAN PITCHING

PEAK FB VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 83.3 mph
2 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 80.1 mph
3 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 79.2 mph
4 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 79.0 mph
5 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 79.0 mph

EFFECTIVE FB VELOCITY AVG

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement.  With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Eff Velocity (avg)
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 79.8 mph
2 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 76.2 mph
3 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 75.3 mph
4 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 75.1 mph
5 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 75.1 mph

PEAK FB SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 2186 rpm
2 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 2165 rpm
3 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2121 rpm
4 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 2118 rpm
5 Graham Howell WA Eastside Catholic 2028 3B 2113 rpm
6 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 2043 rpm
7 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 2011 rpm
8 Kaiden Kingsley WA Monroe High School 2026 RHP 2000 rpm

AVG FB SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 2155 rpm
2 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 2114 rpm
3 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 2069 rpm
4 Graham Howell WA Eastside Catholic 2028 3B 2064 rpm
5 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2024 rpm
6 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 1944 rpm
7 Kaiden Kingsley WA Monroe High School 2026 RHP 1929 rpm
8 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 1928 rpm

AVG INDUCED VERTICAL MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 18.9 in
2 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 18.8 in
3 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 17.1 in
4 Graham Howell WA Eastside Catholic 2028 3B 17.0 in
5 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 16.5 in

AVG HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Kieran Gadre NV Bishop Gorman 2028 OF -17.5
2 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 11.7
3 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 11.4
4 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 7.7
5 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP -5.0

CB VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 67.5-71.1 mph
2 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 69.2-69.5 mph
3 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 66.0-66.9 mph
4 Kaiden Kingsley WA Monroe High School 2026 RHP 64.9-66.4 mph
5 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 59.4-60.5 mph

PEAK CB SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2333 rpm
2 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 2236 rpm
3 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 2177 rpm
4 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 2161 rpm
5 Kaiden Kingsley WA Monroe High School 2026 RHP 1982 rpm

AVG CB SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2305 rpm
2 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 2193 rpm
3 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 2095 rpm
4 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 2015 rpm
5 Kaiden Kingsley WA Monroe High School 2026 RHP 1885 rpm

SL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 68.1-72.1 mph
2 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 68.0-68.7 mph
3 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 62.2-63.0 mph

PEAK SL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2533 rpm
2 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 2091 rpm
3 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 1685 rpm

AVG SL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 2478
2 Sam Popelka WA Chief Sealth 2026 LHP 2048
3 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 1602

CH VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 73.3-75.6 mph
2 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 70.9-74.0 mph
3 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 72.1-73.8 mph
4 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 69.0-71.1 mph
5 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 70.1-71.0 mph

AVG CH SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 1934 rpm
2 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 1738 rpm
3 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 1600 rpm
4 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 1409 rpm
5 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 1311 rpm

CH HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Logan Crosson WA Cascade 2026 C 15.7
2 Seth Rutman WA West Seattle 2025 RHP 15.5
3 Cody Anderson WA Mercer Island 2026 C 7.6
4 Kameron Diederichs WA Kennedy Catholic 2028 OF 6.7
5 Benjamin Schwarz WA Seattle Preparatory School 2027 OF 2.4

+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Portland Summer ID - Session II WA 07/02 Wilsonville High School
Seattle Summer ID - Session II WA 07/02 Island Crest Park - Mercer Island, WA
Eastside Summer ID WA 07/09 Eastlake High School
Future Games (Class of 2026/27) NATIONAL 07/24 LakePoint Sports
Junior Future Games (Class of 2028/29) NATIONAL 07/24 LakePoint Sports
Senior Future Games (Class of 2025) NATIONAL 07/24 LakePoint Sports
Pacific Northwest State Games (Invite-Only) WA 07/30 Heritage High School