Prep Baseball Report

Denver Preseason ID: TrackMan Pitching Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Colorado Operations

On Sunday, February 19th, PBR Colorado hosted its third and final Preseason ID on the 2023 schedule with the Denver Springs Preseason ID at the Marucci Clubhouse in Castle Rock. With all of our Preseason ID's now behind us, the Preseason All-State is our final event of the winter ahead of the high school season.

The event was our largest so far in 2023 with 80+ players from the 2023 - 2026 classes and with the influx of talent, we had some impressive performances and metrics across the board. With all of the data collected and uploaded, we now begin to break it all down with leaderboards in several different categories below.

All players ran through our series of our tech partners including TrackMan and Blast Motion for batting practice, as well as TrackMan for pitcher bullpens, Swift Performance athletic testing and Vizual Edge testing.

Below, we continue our post-event coverage with a look at the top TrackMan pitching data from the event.

For complete event results and stats, click here.
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DENVER PRESEASON ID | TRACKMAN PITCHING LEADERBOARDS

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Top Pitching Statistical Performers in each pitching category tracked by TrackMan 

Peak Fastball Velocity - 89.7 MPH | RHP/OF Wyatt Rudden - 2025, Cherry Creek | Uncommitted
Peak Fastball Spin Rate - 2521 RPM | RHP/OF Wyatt Rudden - 2025, Cherry Creek | Uncommitted
Avg. Fastball Spin Rate -  2429 RPM | RHP/OF Wyatt Rudden - 2025, Cherry Creek | Uncommitted
Avg. FB Horizontal Break - 13.0 in. | SS Caden Absher - 2025, Douglas County | Uncommitted
Avg. FB Induced Vertical Break - -11.8 in. | LHP/1B Connor Brennan - 2025, Eaglecrest | Uncommitted
Peak Curveball Spin Rate - 2496 RPM | RHP Thomas Mann - 2024, Castle View | Uncommitted
Avg. Curveball Spin Rate - 2409 RPM | RHP Thomas Mann - 2024, Castle View | Uncommitted
Peak Slider Spin Rate - 2768 RPM | RHP/OF Ethan Wachsmann - 2026, Grandview | Uncommitted
Avg. Slider Spin Rate - 2679 RPM | RHP/OF Ethan Wachsmann - 2026, Grandview | Uncommitted
Avg. Changeup Horizontal Break - 16.6 in. | 3B/RHP Kellan Dreiling - 2024, Arapahoe | Uncommitted

PEAK FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Wyatt Rudden CO Cherry Creek 2025 RHP 89.7 mph
2 Lawson Stocking CO Chatfield 2024 RHP 85.4 mph
3 Kellan Dreiling CO Arapahoe 2024 3B 85.0 mph
4 Brigham Brown CO Valor Christian 2025 RHP 84.5 mph
5 Connor Brennan CO Eaglecrest 2025 LHP 84.2 mph
6 Andrew Smart CO Arapahoe 2025 OF 83.6 mph
7 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 83.6 mph
8 Caden Calcao CO Boulder 2023 RHP 83.5 mph
9 JW Babbitt CO Lewis-Palmer 2025 RHP 83.1 mph
10 Ethan Wachsmann CO Grandview 2026 RHP 82.9 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Wyatt Rudden CO Cherry Creek 2025 RHP 2521 rpm
2 Brigham Brown CO Valor Christian 2025 RHP 2400 rpm
3 Jack Weiss CO Grandview 2025 SS 2308 rpm
4 Brady Wilder CO Green Mountain 2024 3B 2263 rpm
5 Ethan Wachsmann CO Grandview 2026 RHP 2256 rpm

AVG FASTBALL SPIN

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Wyatt Rudden CO Cherry Creek 2025 RHP 2429 rpm
2 Brigham Brown CO Valor Christian 2025 RHP 2341 rpm
3 Kellan Dreiling CO Arapahoe 2024 3B 2184 rpm
4 Jack Weiss CO Grandview 2025 SS 2154 rpm
5 Brady Wilder CO Green Mountain 2024 3B 2135 rpm

AVG FB HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Caden Absher CO Douglas County 2025 SS 13.0
2 Chase Massey CO Regis Jesuit 2026 SS 11.2
3 Ethan Wachsmann CO Grandview 2026 RHP 9.4
4 JW Babbitt CO Lewis-Palmer 2025 RHP 9.4
5 Kellan Dreiling CO Arapahoe 2024 3B 9.2

AVG FB INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Connor Brennan CO Eaglecrest 2025 LHP -11.8 in
2 Jonathan Gambino CO Summit 2026 OF -11.6 in
3 Andrew Smart CO Arapahoe 2025 OF -9.3 in
4 Dallas Mendoza CO Cherokee Trail 2026 OF -9.1 in
5 Jacob Olson CO Regis Jesuit 2026 OF -7.1 in

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 2496 rpm
2 Easton Smith CO Columbine 2025 RHP 2416 rpm
3 Connor Brennan CO Eaglecrest 2025 LHP 2360 rpm
4 Andrew Smart CO Arapahoe 2025 OF 2266 rpm
5 Dallas Mendoza CO Cherokee Trail 2026 OF 2209 rpm

AVG CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 2409 rpm
2 Easton Smith CO Columbine 2025 RHP 2377 rpm
3 Connor Brennan CO Eaglecrest 2025 LHP 2334 rpm
4 Lawson Stocking CO Chatfield 2024 RHP 2161 rpm
5 Andrew Smart CO Arapahoe 2025 OF 2150 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Ethan Wachsmann CO Grandview 2026 RHP 2768 rpm
2 Wyatt Rudden CO Cherry Creek 2025 RHP 2698 rpm
3 Caden Absher CO Douglas County 2025 SS 2563 rpm
4 Brigham Brown CO Valor Christian 2025 RHP 2558 rpm
5 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 2340 rpm

AVG SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Ethan Wachsmann CO Grandview 2026 RHP 2679
2 Wyatt Rudden CO Cherry Creek 2025 RHP 2612
3 Brigham Brown CO Valor Christian 2025 RHP 2529
4 Caden Absher CO Douglas County 2025 SS 2458
5 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 2340

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Kellan Dreiling CO Arapahoe 2024 3B 16.6
2 Thomas Mann CO Castle View 2024 RHP 10.3
3 Jonathan Gambino CO Summit 2026 OF 10.3
4 Lawson Stocking CO Chatfield 2024 RHP 9.8
5 Chase Massey CO Regis Jesuit 2026 SS 8.1

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) CO 02/26 The Farm Sports - Colorado Springs, CO
Denver Rising Stars ID CO 04/17 Marucci Clubhouse Denver - Castle Rock,. CO
Colorado Springs Rising Stars ID CO 05/08 The Farm - Colorado Springs, CO


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