Prep Baseball Report

IL/WI Preseason ProCase: TrackMan Files


Kevin Cronin
Tech Analyst, Area Scout

On Saturday, Jan. 29, the PBR Illinois and PBR Wisconsin staffs met in Chicago to host the inaugural Preseason ProCase at the Pullman Community Center, featuring 15 of the area’s top seniors, representing both states. Today, we’ll be publishing our instant analysis from the event with scouting reports on each of the event’s attendees.

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 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 92.9 mph
2 Tyler Deleskiewicz WI Lake Geneva Badger 2022 RHP 92.3 mph
3 Caden Capomaccio WI Notre Dame Academy 2022 RHP 91.9 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Brayden Marks WI Elkhorn Area 2022 RHP 2520 rpm
2 Tyler Deleskiewicz WI Lake Geneva Badger 2022 RHP 2480 rpm
3 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 2451 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

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Tyler Deleskiewicz WI Lake Geneva Badger 2022 RHP 15.5
2 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 13.0

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 Slider Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Brayden Marks WI Elkhorn Area 2022 RHP 2597
2 Nathan Chapman IL Jacobs 2022 RHP 2317

Average Curveball Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 2796 rpm
2 Caden Capomaccio WI Notre Dame Academy 2022 RHP 2592 rpm
3 Brayden Marks WI Elkhorn Area 2022 RHP 2575 rpm

Average Changeup Horizontal Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 16.4
2 Tyler Deleskiewicz WI Lake Geneva Badger 2022 RHP 15.4

Average Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Brady Small IL Lemont 2022 OF 93.8 mph
2 Victor Izquierdo IL Lockport 2022 1B 92.6 mph
3 Jack Scheri IL LaSalle Peru 2022 SS 89.8 mph

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)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Brady Small IL Lemont 2022 OF 102.0 mph
2 Victor Izquierdo IL Lockport 2022 1B 101.8 mph
3 Brandon Rogers IL Mount Carmel 2022 OF 99.9 mph

Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Brandon Rogers IL Mount Carmel 2022 OF 384 ft
2 Victor Izquierdo IL Lockport 2022 1B 378 ft
3 Brady Small IL Lemont 2022 OF 370 ft

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

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