On Feb. 26, the PBR Illinois staff hosted the Preseason All-State: Upperclass showcase at The MAX in McCook, Ill., featuring many of the state’s top players inside both the 2024 and 2025 classes. This event helped our staff gain a clearer picture of the state’s junior class, featuring a number of the top uncommitted players inside the state’s Class of 2023. Inside today’s Quick Hits post, we’re highlighting the best of the best – the talent that exited the event as with arrows pointed way up headed into the spring.

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	Dimitrios Bourmas	IL	Harvard	2023	RHP	91.5 mph
2	Adam Behrens	IL	Warren Township	2023	RHP	90.7 mph
3	Colin Miller	IL	Hampshire	2023	RHP	90.6 mph
4	Drew Zemaitis	IL	Providence Catholic	2023	RHP	90.6 mph
5	Michael Belbot	IL	Stevenson	2023	RHP	90.5 mph
6	Donald Tober	IL	Timothy Christian	2023	RHP	90.3 mph
7	Grant Tenuta	IL	Sandburg	2023	RHP	89.8 mph
8	Taylor Waldron	IL	Marquette Academy	2023	RHP	89.7 mph
9	Bennett Musser	IL	Mundelein	2023	RHP	89.6 mph
10	Hank Liss	IL	Evanston	2023	RHP	89.6 mph
11	Gabe Smith	IL	Father McGivney	2023	RHP	89.2 mph
12	Ean DiPasquale	IL	Belleville East	2023	RHP	89.0 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Dimitrios Bourmas	IL	Harvard	2023	RHP	2493 rpm
2	Drew Zemaitis	IL	Providence Catholic	2023	RHP	2481 rpm
3	Vince Waterman	IL	Homewood-Flossmoor	2023	LHP	2472 rpm
4	Finn O'Meara	IL	Nazareth Academy	2023	RHP	2464 rpm
5	Dalton Miller	IL	Quincy Notre Dame	2023	3B	2440 rpm
6	Donald Tober	IL	Timothy Christian	2023	RHP	2436 rpm
7	Colin Tarr	IL	West Aurora	2023	RHP	2416 rpm
8	Hank Liss	IL	Evanston	2023	RHP	2412 rpm
9	Charlie Wolf	IL	St. Ignatius	2023	RHP	2378 rpm
10	TJ Schlageter	IL	Joliet Catholic	2023	LHP	2359 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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