Prep Baseball Report

Peoria Preseason ID: Pitcher Data Dive


By: Gavin Smith
Illinois Scouting Staff

On Feb. 22, the PBR Illinois staff hosted the Peoria Preseason ID at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, Ill. This event featured over 60 prospects, all of whom are Illinois natives, and allowed our staff the opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players in attendance.

Monday, we published our Takeaways from the event. Tuesday, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis. Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the top pitchers players with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:

TRACKMAN

FASTBALL

VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 88.1 mph
2 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 87.1 mph
3 Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP 86.7 mph
4 Jake Branch IL Normal Community 2024 RHP 85.4 mph
5 Korbin Woerly IL Canton 2024 SS 85.2 mph
6 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS 85.0 mph
7 Andrew Dawson IL Tremont 2026 RHP 84.8 mph

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

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 2211 rpm
2 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 2179 rpm
3 Lane Wheelwright IL Farmington 2025 RHP 2173 rpm
4 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS 2162 rpm
5 Curt Sosnowski IL East Peoria 2024 UTILITY 2129 rpm
6 Korbin Woerly IL Canton 2024 SS 2126 rpm
7 Jordan Marsh IL East Peoria 2026 3B 2062 rpm
8 Anson Zaiser IL Washington 2026 C 2055 rpm
9 Gage Luttrell IL Sacred Heart Griffin 2024 RHP 2038 rpm
10 Brady Bolen IL Pekin 2025 SS 2005 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.

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Landon Gray IL Dunlap 2026 OF 21.5 in
2 Alex Chopra IL Glenwood 2024 RHP 19.2 in
3 Joseph Catalano IL Williamsville 2024 RHP 18.9 in
4 Eli Roedell IL Washington 2026 SS 18.7 in
5 Gage Ratliff IL Williamsville 2026 2B 18.6 in
6 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 17.9 in
7 Cannon Foster IL Washington 2026 1B 17.7 in
8 Thomas Mickels IL Peoria Notre Dame 2025 RHP 17.7 in

Induced Vertical Break: Used in short form as "IVB," this metric is most important on fastballs for creating rise and on curveballs for creating depth – it can also have some use when measuring sliders and cutters as well. Sliders tend to be closer to zero inches while cutters are generally between 5 and 15 inches. Usually fastballs and curveballs with large IVB have higher spin efficiencies as well. Sliders generally have very little (closer to zero) IVB and very low spin efficiencies. You could also categorize IVB into spin rate as this is part of the “useful movement” you’re looking for. IVB is also a huge part of vertical approach angle.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Christian Ferrari IL Dunlap 2025 1B -19.2
2 Korbin Woerly IL Canton 2024 SS 18.6
3 Jordan Marsh IL East Peoria 2026 3B 13.3
4 Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP 13.2
5 Jake Branch IL Normal Community 2024 RHP 12.7
6 Daniel Wilson IL Peoria Notre Dame 2025 RHP 12.5
7 Eli Roedell IL Washington 2026 SS 12.2
8 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 11.9

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.”

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Landon Gray IL Dunlap 2026 OF 83 %
^ Korbin Woerly IL Canton 2024 SS 83 %
2 Cannon Foster IL Washington 2026 1B 71 %
3 Brayden Twist IL Springfield Southeast 2025 3B 66 %
4 Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP 62 %
5 Coley Palmer IL Princeville 2027 C 60 %
^ Macon Kessler IL Rushville-Industry 2025 RHP 60 %
^ Curt Sosnowski IL East Peoria 2024 UTILITY 60 %
6 Brody Kenney IL Brimfield 2026 SS 55 %

 


 

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS 2642 rpm
2 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 2470 rpm
3 Jake Branch IL Normal Community 2024 RHP 2236 rpm
4 Alex Chopra IL Glenwood 2024 RHP 2172 rpm
5 Brody Kenney IL Brimfield 2026 SS 2141 rpm
6 Anson Zaiser IL Washington 2026 C 2108 rpm
7 Brayden Twist IL Springfield Southeast 2025 3B 2091 rpm
8 Keegan Busby IL Pekin 2024 OF 2089 rpm
9 Gage Luttrell IL Sacred Heart Griffin 2024 RHP 2014 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Jordan Marsh IL East Peoria 2026 3B -14.2 in
2 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS -13.8 in
3 Brayden Twist IL Springfield Southeast 2025 3B -13.6 in
4 Jake Branch IL Normal Community 2024 RHP -12.0 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS -16.3
2 Anson Zaiser IL Washington 2026 C -15.4
3 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP -15.3
4 Brody Kenney IL Brimfield 2026 SS -14.2
5 Brayden Twist IL Springfield Southeast 2025 3B -13.6
6 Macon Kessler IL Rushville-Industry 2025 RHP -13.4
7 Jordan Marsh IL East Peoria 2026 3B -12.3
8 Keegan Busby IL Pekin 2024 OF -11.5
9 Gage Ratliff IL Williamsville 2026 2B -11.3
10 Ryder Coone IL Normal West 2025 OF 11.1

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS 75 %
2 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 66 %
3 Coley Palmer IL Princeville 2027 C 62 %
4 Aiden Weaver IL Mt Zion 2025 2B 60 %
^ Daniel Wilson IL Peoria Notre Dame 2025 RHP 60 %
5 Michael Lucas IL Lincoln Community 2024 SS 50 %
^ Andrew Dawson IL Tremont 2026 RHP 50 %

 


 

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 2382
2 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 2374
3 Landen Hidden IL East Peoria 2024 MIF 2187
4 Brady Bolen IL Pekin 2025 SS 2164
5 Korbin Woerly IL Canton 2024 SS 2134
6 Curt Sosnowski IL East Peoria 2024 UTILITY 2117

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Christian Ferrari IL Dunlap 2025 1B 6.7 in
2 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 5.4 in
3 Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP -5.0 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP -16.7
2 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP -13.3
3 Landen Bell IL Pekin 2024 RHP -12.8
4 Landon Gray IL Dunlap 2026 OF -10.8

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Landen Hidden IL East Peoria 2024 MIF 80 %
^ Gavin Lawrence IL Washington 2025 RHP 80 %
2 Curt Sosnowski IL East Peoria 2024 UTILITY 66 %
3 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 60 %
^ Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 60 %
^ Christian Ferrari IL Dunlap 2025 1B 60 %
4 Lane Wheelwright IL Farmington 2025 RHP 50 %

 


 

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Keegan Busby IL Pekin 2024 OF 16.5
2 Gage Luttrell IL Sacred Heart Griffin 2024 RHP 15.7
3 Daniel Wilson IL Peoria Notre Dame 2025 RHP 14.5
4 Landen Hidden IL East Peoria 2024 MIF 14.4
5 Mitchell Wilson IL El Paso Gridley 2024 LHP -14.0

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Ben Carnahan IL Normal University 2024 RHP 100 %
^ Brody Kenney IL Brimfield 2026 SS 100 %
2 Ryder Coone IL Normal West 2025 OF 80 %
3 Lane Wheelwright IL Farmington 2025 RHP 75 %
4 Christian Ferrari IL Dunlap 2025 1B 60 %
^ Landen Hidden IL East Peoria 2024 MIF 60 %
^ Cameron Crawford IL Morton 2026 RHP 60 %
^ Brayden Twist IL Springfield Southeast 2025 3B 60 %
^ Jake Branch IL Normal Community 2024 RHP 60 %
^ Enrico Veach IL Springfield 2024 SS 60 %

 


 

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