Prep Baseball Report

Fall Underclass Trials: TrackMan Pitching Analysis


Phil Kerber
Georgia Scouting Director



This summer, Prep Baseball Report events across the country have been powered by TrackMan’s industry-leading Portable system to capture pinpoint accurate, actionable data from player performances. Prep Baseball Report and TrackMan are dedicated to recognizing talent and unleashing their potential.


At the Fall Underclass Trials, when pitchers took the mound, every pitch was logged via TrackMan Portable units. Key metrics were collected on many of the top uncommitted players in the country. Today, we share leaderboards of velocity, spin rates, extension and movement.

TrackMan Pitching Data

Fastball Max Velocity & Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Alex Karst GA Campbell 2023 1B 85.8 mph
2 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 85.7 mph
3 Reid Harvey GA Thomas County Central 2023 3B 84.6 mph
4 Trevor Booton GA LaGrange 2023 RHP 84.1 mph
5 Nate Isler GA Cambridge 2023 RHP 83.4 mph
6 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 83.2 mph
7 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 82.3 mph
8 JD Rediger GA River Ridge 2023 SS 81.6 mph
9 Quindon Wright GA Terrell Acadamy 2024 OF 80.0 mph
10 Brayden Jacobs GA East Jackson 2023 3B 79.5 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Aaron Peterson GA Mount Pisgah Christian 2024 RHP 2647 rpm
2 JD Rediger GA River Ridge 2023 SS 2509 rpm
3 Reid Harvey GA Thomas County Central 2023 3B 2274 rpm
4 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 2271 rpm
5 Ellington Hodge GA Decatur 2024 SS 2269 rpm
6 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP 2232 rpm
7 Alex Karst GA Campbell 2023 1B 2199 rpm
8 Trevor Booton GA LaGrange 2023 RHP 2165 rpm
9 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 2150 rpm
10 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 2105 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.

Average Extension (Fastball)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Extension (avg)
1 Quindon Wright GA Terrell Acadamy 2024 OF 6.4 ft
2 JoJo Martin GA Jefferson 2023 OF 6.2 ft
3 Alex Karst GA Campbell 2023 1B 6.0 ft
4 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 5.9 ft
5 Evan Doss GA East Coweta 2024 C 5.7 ft
6 Trevor Booton GA LaGrange 2023 RHP 5.7 ft
7 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 5.6 ft
8 ISAIAH HAYGOOD GA Valdosta 2024 LHP 5.6 ft
9 Gant Geiger FL Charlton Co. Folkston GA 2023 RHP 5.5 ft
10 Ellington Hodge GA Decatur 2024 SS 5.5 ft

Extension: The measurement of the release point relative to the rubber, reported in feet. Essentially, a higher extension can create an advantage for pitchers as they shorten the time in which the ball is traveling from their hand to home.

Average Fastball Horizontal Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 ISAIAH HAYGOOD GA Valdosta 2024 LHP 15.3
2 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP -13.7
3 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP -11.1
4 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 10.7
5 Davis Budd GA North Paulding 2023 RHP -9.3
6 Nate Isler GA Cambridge 2023 RHP -8.1
7 Evan Doss GA East Coweta 2024 C -8.0
8 Aaron Peterson GA Mount Pisgah Christian 2024 RHP -7.9
9 Kade Nicholson GA Habersham Central 2024 RHP -7.7
10 Braxton Yerta AL Chambers Academy 2023 SS -7.0

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.”

Average Fastball Induced Vertical Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 KJ Moon GA North Oconee 2024 3B 22.7 in
2 Reid Harvey GA Thomas County Central 2023 3B 20.4 in
3 Braxton Yerta AL Chambers Academy 2023 SS 20.1 in
4 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 19.0 in
5 Davis Budd GA North Paulding 2023 RHP 19.0 in
6 JoJo Martin GA Jefferson 2023 OF 18.8 in
7 Gant Geiger FL Charlton Co. Folkston GA 2023 RHP 18.6 in
8 Will Walker GA Seminole Couty 2023 SS 18.1 in
9 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 17.3 in
10 Quindon Wright GA Terrell Acadamy 2024 OF 16.8 in

Induced Vertical Break: Outline on TrackMan's own website: "... Distance, measured in inches, between where the pitch actually crosses the front of home plate height-wise, and where it would have crossed home plate height-wise if had it traveled in a perfectly straight line from release, but affected by gravity. If this number is positive, the ball broke “upwards”, or in reality dropped less than it would have due to gravity alone – it does not necessarily mean that the ball actually rose.

Curveball Velocity Range & Max Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 71.5-73.3 mph
2 Alex Karst GA Campbell 2023 1B 68.1-70.7 mph
3 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 68.4-70.4 mph
4 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 69.3-70.3 mph
5 Reid Harvey GA Thomas County Central 2023 3B 66.3-70.0 mph
6 Nate Isler GA Cambridge 2023 RHP 67.7-69.2 mph
7 Quindon Wright GA Terrell Acadamy 2024 OF 65.5-67.6 mph
8 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP 65.3-67.3 mph
9 Evan Doss GA East Coweta 2024 C 65.4-66.3 mph
10 KJ Moon GA North Oconee 2024 3B 64.8-66.3 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Aaron Peterson GA Mount Pisgah Christian 2024 RHP 2517 rpm
2 Evan O'Neill GA Blessed Trinity 2023 RHP 2330 rpm
3 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP 2290 rpm
4 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 2174 rpm
5 Nate Isler GA Cambridge 2023 RHP 2149 rpm
6 Evan Doss GA East Coweta 2024 C 2140 rpm
7 Kade Nicholson GA Habersham Central 2024 RHP 2116 rpm
8 Will Walker GA Seminole Couty 2023 SS 2071 rpm
9 Reid Harvey GA Thomas County Central 2023 3B 1993 rpm
10 Heath Whitlock GA Starr's Mill 2024 OF 1966 rpm

Slider Velocity Range & Max Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 JD Rediger GA River Ridge 2023 SS 72.4-75.0 mph
2 Trevor Booton GA LaGrange 2023 RHP 73.5-74.9 mph
3 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 70.6-72.2 mph
4 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP 70.1-71.6 mph
5 Brayden Jacobs GA East Jackson 2023 3B 66.5-69.0 mph
6 Will Elkins GA Brookwood School 2023 LHP 63.0-66.9 mph
7 Ellington Hodge GA Decatur 2024 SS 65.3-66.3 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Landon Lee GA North Hall 2023 RHP 2411 rpm
2 JD Rediger GA River Ridge 2023 SS 2359 rpm
3 Caden Henderson GA Ware County 2023 RHP 2190 rpm
4 Brayden Jacobs GA East Jackson 2023 3B 1921 rpm
5 Trevor Booton GA LaGrange 2023 RHP 1906 rpm
6 Ellington Hodge GA Decatur 2024 SS 1825 rpm
7 Will Elkins GA Brookwood School 2023 LHP 1577 rpm

Complete TrackMan Data

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