Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Trackman Pitching Files
February 1, 2023
Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID on January 18th featuring 46 players from the 2023 class to a few up-and-coming 2027 grads. The event featured the traditional showcase metrics as well as data collected by Trackman, Blast Motion, and the Swift lasers for the 60 times. Today we take a look at the top pitching data leaders collected by the Trackman unit during bullpens. We look deeper into the top velocities, spin rates, induced vertical breaks, and horizontal breaks on all the top fastballs, curveballs, and sliders.
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MAX FASTBALL VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 84.4 mph |
| 2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 83.7 mph |
| 3 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 83.1 mph |
| 4 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 83.0 mph |
| 5 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 81.2 mph |
MAX FASTBALL SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2310 rpm |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2259 rpm |
| 3 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2203 rpm |
| 4 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 2180 rpm |
| 5 | Jack Burns | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2127 rpm |
AVERAGE FASTBALL SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2227 rpm |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2180 rpm |
| 3 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2085 rpm |
| 4 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 2071 rpm |
| 5 | Elijah Nester | AR | Bentonville West | 2026 | 2B | 2029 rpm |
MAX FASTBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (max) |
| 1 | Elijah Nester | AR | Bentonville West | 2026 | 2B | 25.1 in |
| 2 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 24.1 in |
| 3 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 19.6 in |
| 4 | Carson Taylor | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 19.1 in |
| 5 | Jack Burns | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 18.9 in |
MAX FASTBALL HORIZONTAL BREAK
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
| 1 | Hayden Hull | AR | Springdale | 2026 | 1B | -19.5 in |
| 2 | Mason Eiland | AR | Bentonville | 2026 | 1B | 18.1 in |
| 3 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 17.1 in |
| 4 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 15.8 in |
| 5 | Caleb Carte | AR | Prairie Grove | 2025 | SS | 14.6 in |
MAX CURVEBALL VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 72.4 mph |
| 2 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 72.0 mph |
| 3 | Lake Pitcock | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 71.2 mph |
| 4 | Riley Templin | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 70.4 mph |
| 5 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 69.0 mph |
MAX CURVEBALL SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2618 rpm |
| 2 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2475 rpm |
| 3 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2367 rpm |
| 4 | Lake Pitcock | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 2287 rpm |
| 5 | Riley Templin | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 2244 rpm |
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2553 rpm |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2308 rpm |
| 3 | Lake Pitcock | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 2271 rpm |
| 4 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2222 rpm |
| 5 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 2151 rpm |
MAX CURVEBALL HORIZONTAL BREAK
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
| 1 | Ace DeWese | AR | Pulaski Academy | 2026 | LHP | 19.1 in |
| 2 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | -17.8 in |
| 3 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | -15.0 in |
| 4 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 14.6 in |
| 5 | Benjamin Quinlan | AR | Har-Ber | 2025 | OF | 14.1 in |
MAX SLIDER VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 76.1 mph |
| 2 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 74.8 mph |
| 3 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 70.4 mph |
| 4 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 69.4 mph |
| 5 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 68.6 mph |
MAX SLIDER SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2671 rpm |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2476 rpm |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 2407 rpm |
| 4 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2292 rpm |
| 5 | Caleb Carte | AR | Prairie Grove | 2025 | SS | 2283 rpm |
AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 2585 |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2408 |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 2302 |
| 4 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 2262 |
| 5 | Caleb Carte | AR | Prairie Grove | 2025 | SS | 2230 |
MAX SLIDER HORIZONTAL BREAK
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
| 1 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | -18.4 in |
| 2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | -17.3 in |
| 3 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 14.6 in |
| 4 | Benjamin Quinlan | AR | Har-Ber | 2025 | OF | 11.2 in |
| 5 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | -8.6 in |
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