Peoria Preseason I.D.: TrackMan Files
March 12, 2021
On Feb. 24, the PBR Illinois team hosted the third-annual Peoria Preseason I.D. at the Louisville Slugger Dome in Peoria, Ill. The event featured over 70 players from high school graduates in classes 2022-25, from across Central Illinois and beyond.
Previously, our staff collaborated to highlight the biggest takeaways and highlights from this showcase, and we published them within our Quick Hits piece. We also shared the event's traditional leaderboards, published inside this Statistical Analysis. Today, with the help of our TrackMan unit, we're diving a little deeper into the data to see what we can find.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & PEak SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Jacob Pate | IL | Beardstown | 2022 | RHP | 87.7 mph |
2 | Nick Rainey | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | RHP | 87.0 mph |
3 | Davis Hoffstatter | IL | Moline | 2022 | RHP | 86.7 mph |
4 | Wes Hunt | IL | Peoria Christian | 2022 | RHP | 86.5 mph |
5 | Cole Noreuil | IL | Delavan | 2024 | RHP | 85.1 mph |
6 | Kellen Hershberger | IL | Normal Community | 2022 | RHP | 85.1 mph |
7 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 85.1 mph |
8 | David Smith | IL | Tremont | 2022 | RHP | 84.9 mph |
9 | Adam McGee | IL | Belleville West | 2022 | RHP | 82.8 mph |
10 | Cameron Anderson | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | SS | 82.2 mph |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Cameron Anderson | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | SS | 2303 rpm |
2 | David Smith | IL | Tremont | 2022 | RHP | 2263 rpm |
3 | Kellen Hershberger | IL | Normal Community | 2022 | RHP | 2208 rpm |
4 | Nick Rainey | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | RHP | 2208 rpm |
5 | Noah Biggs | IL | Effingham | 2024 | 2B | 2181 rpm |
6 | Logan Justus | IL | Midwest Central | 2023 | RHP | 2173 rpm |
7 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 2162 rpm |
8 | Jacob Pate | IL | Beardstown | 2022 | RHP | 2160 rpm |
9 | Nolan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle-Peru | 2024 | RHP | 2147 rpm |
10 | Jacob Blunck | IL | Maroa-Forsyth | 2023 | OF | 2118 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 | Noah Biggs | IL | Effingham | 2024 | 2B | 20.8 |
2 | Devan Tupper | IL | Normal University | 2024 | RHP | 18.2 |
3 | Brandon Roberson | IL | Normal Community | 2022 | LHP | -17.1 |
4 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 16.1 |
5 | Adam McGee | IL | Belleville West | 2022 | RHP | 16.0 |
6 | Wes Hunt | IL | Peoria Christian | 2022 | RHP | 15.4 |
7 | Talan Hull | IL | Galva | 2025 | OF | -15.0 |
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
Corrail Jackson
IL
Limestone
2023
RHP
2064
2
Brady Booth
IL
Tremont
2025
SS
2054
3
Jace Weaver
IL
Spoon River Valley
2024
OF
1974
4
Jack Severino
IL
Pleasant Plains
2022
1B
1966
5
Nolan VanDuzer
IL
LaSalle-Peru
2024
RHP
1964
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Cole Kratzberg
IL
Orion
2023
OF
2535 rpm
2
Kellen Hershberger
IL
Normal Community
2022
RHP
2380 rpm
3
Logan Justus
IL
Midwest Central
2023
RHP
2188 rpm
4
Cameron Anderson
IL
Bloomington
2022
SS
2140 rpm
5
Bryce Hires
IL
Litchfield
2023
RHP
2096 rpm
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Wes Hunt | IL | Peoria Christian | 2022 | RHP | 16.9 |
2 | Kellen Hershberger | IL | Normal Community | 2022 | RHP | 16.8 |
3 | Cole Noreuil | IL | Delavan | 2024 | RHP | 16.2 |
4 | Noah Biggs | IL | Effingham | 2024 | 2B | 15.9 |
5 | Jack Severino | IL | Pleasant Plains | 2022 | 1B | 15.0 |
6 | Nick Rainey | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | RHP | 14.6 |
7 | Tanner Legner | IL | Pontiac | 2022 | SS | 14.4 |
8 | Dane Lohman | IL | Pekin | 2022 | RHP | 14.4 |
9 | Adam McGee | IL | Belleville West | 2022 | RHP | 14.2 |
10 | Caleb Guthrie | IL | Belleville East | 2023 | OF | -13.8 |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Ty Fate | IL | Limestone | 2022 | 1B | 87.6 mph |
2 | Ethan Sosnowski | IL | East Peoria | 2022 | C | 86.7 mph |
3 | Sam Rohlfing | IL | Harvest Christian Academy | 2023 | 3B | 84.1 mph |
4 | Tanner Legner | IL | Pontiac | 2022 | SS | 83.8 mph |
5 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 83.5 mph |
6 | Aidan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle Peru | 2022 | C | 82.9 mph |
7 | Nick Rainey | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | RHP | 82.7 mph |
8 | Noah Chase | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | 3B | 82.0 mph |
9 | Cameron Anderson | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | SS | 82.0 mph |
10 | Trent Koehler | IL | Lincoln Community | 2022 | SS | 81.5 mph |
11 | Jack Severino | IL | Pleasant Plains | 2022 | 1B | 81.4 mph |
12 | Tyler Sears | IL | Bloomington Central Catholic | 2022 | LHP | 81.1 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 | Ethan Sosnowski | IL | East Peoria | 2022 | C | 98.5 mph |
2 | Ty Fate | IL | Limestone | 2022 | 1B | 95.6 mph |
3 | Noah Chase | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | 3B | 92.3 mph |
4 | Nolan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle-Peru | 2024 | RHP | 92.3 mph |
5 | Aidan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle Peru | 2022 | C | 92.1 mph |
6 | Kannon Kleine | IL | Galesburg | 2022 | C | 92.0 mph |
7 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 91.9 mph |
8 | Luke Read | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2022 | OF | 91.6 mph |
9 | Trent Koehler | IL | Lincoln Community | 2022 | SS | 91.6 mph |
10 | Cameron Anderson | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | SS | 91.5 mph |
11 | Sam Rohlfing | IL | Harvest Christian Academy | 2023 | 3B | 91.4 mph |
12 | Tanner Legner | IL | Pontiac | 2022 | SS | 91.2 mph |
13 | Brennon Reed | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | OF | 91.1 mph |
14 | Nick Rainey | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | RHP | 91.0 mph |
PEAK ESTIMATED BATTED DISTANCE (HITTING)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Ethan Sosnowski | IL | East Peoria | 2022 | C | 373 ft |
2 | Luke Read | IL | Springfield Southeast | 2022 | OF | 352 ft |
3 | Jacob O'Day | IL | Normal Community | 2023 | RHP | 347 ft |
4 | Sam Rohlfing | IL | Harvest Christian Academy | 2023 | 3B | 344 ft |
5 | Cameron Anderson | IL | Bloomington | 2022 | SS | 341 ft |
6 | Nolan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle-Peru | 2024 | RHP | 332 ft |
7 | Aidan VanDuzer | IL | LaSalle Peru | 2022 | C | 330 ft |
8 | Jacob Budd | IL | Litchfield | 2023 | 2B | 328 ft |
9 | Nathan Cooley | IL | Illinois Valley Central | 2022 | C | 325 ft |
10 | Kyle Binder | IL | Brimfield | 2024 | C | 322 ft |
11 | Tanner Legner | IL | Pontiac | 2022 | SS | 321 ft |
For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at Sunday's showcase, CLICK HERE.