Battle for the Arch: Data Dive
October 3, 2023
On Tuesday, September 26th, the PBR Illinois and PBR Missouri staffs converged on the campus of Saint Louis University to host the annual Battle for The Arch showcase. This invite-only event featured 2024 and 2025 graduates from Missouri and the Metro East area as a whole, pitting participants in a pro-style workout, followed by a simulated eight-inning game.
For a list of all of those that attended, click HERE.
Shortly after the event, we rolled out stat leaders from the day, which you can find HERE.
We also rolled out takeaways from the event for Illinois and Missouri, highlighting the day as a whole with scout notes and video on several standouts.
We're diving deeper into the data, using our partners at TrackMan and Blast Motion, to look further into a few names that put together strong showings at this event.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
PEAK BAT SPEED
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
PEAK HAND SPEED
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY
PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE
AVG FASTBALL SPIN RATE
PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
AVG CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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