On Feb. 5, the PBR Illinois team hosted the Aurora Preseason ID at the Sport Zone in Aurora, Ill. This open event featured players from the 2022-25 high school grad classes, providing our staff with an ample opportunity to learn more about the area’s baseball talent. 

Earlier this week we published Quick Hits highlighting the top prospects of the event by class. We also rolled out a Statistical Analysis pointing out the top recorded stats by category.

Now we'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch metric data.

MAX FASTBALL & PEAK SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Michael Belbot	IL	Stevenson	2023	RHP	88.8 mph
2	Luke Brown	IL	Plainfield North	2023	LHP	87.3 mph
3	Dominic Voegele	IL	Columbia	2023	RHP	87.3 mph
4	Cole Kratzberg	IL	Orion	2023	OF	84.6 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Luke Brown	IL	Plainfield North	2023	LHP	2483 rpm
2	Cole Kratzberg	IL	Orion	2023	OF	2398 rpm
3	Michael Belbot	IL	Stevenson	2023	RHP	2349 rpm
4	Luke Goss	IL	Pekin	2024	RHP	2242 rpm
5	Dominic Stringham	IL	Oswego	2024	SS	2229 rpm

Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.

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 Fastball Horizontal Movement

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 Slider Spin Rate

Average Curveball Spin Rate

Average Changeup Horizontal Movement

Average Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Exit Speed: Also according to TrackMan’s own website: “The speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.”

Peak Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)

For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.

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