On Feb. 12, the PBR Illinois team hosted its second Preseason ID event of the new year: the McHenry Preseason ID. For the past six years, this event has provided our staff with an opportunity to evaluate high school-aged prospects from northern Illinois, primarily. The McHenry event has historically revealed to us some of the area’s top talent, and this year was no different.

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	Andrew Ressler	IL	Huntley	2023	RHP	89.0 mph
2	Ryan Skwarek	IL	Crystal Lake South	2023	SS	87.9 mph
3	Cooper Cohn	IL	McHenry	2023	C	87.6 mph
4	Chandler Alderman	IL	North Boone	2023	LHP	87.6 mph
5	Lleyton Grubich	IL	McHenry	2023	LHP	86.9 mph
6	Lucas Foley	IL	Lake Zurich	2023	LHP	86.4 mph
7	Ian Boal	IL	Johnsburg	2023	LHP	85.7 mph
8	Spencer Kennamann	IL	Lakes Community	2024	RHP	84.8 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Andrew Ressler	IL	Huntley	2023	RHP	2484 rpm
2	Chandler Alderman	IL	North Boone	2023	LHP	2408 rpm
3	Jayden Gumprecht	IL	Crystal Lake South	2023	OF	2324 rpm
4	Cooper Cohn	IL	McHenry	2023	C	2309 rpm
5	Caden Vogt	IL	Marengo	2023	LHP	2232 rpm
6	Lleyton Grubich	IL	McHenry	2023	LHP	2231 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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