TrackMan Leaderboard: Preseason ID Pitching

February 1, 2021
Ben Green

Over the course of January 2021, our PBR Texas Staff hosted Preseason ID Events in San Antonio (1/3), DFW (1/9), and Houston (1/18). The events featured a group of talented prospects ranging from the 2021-2025 Classes and today we look at the leaders in TrackMan pitching stats. We rank the top 10 performers in each of these statistical categories: Peak Fastball Velo, Average Fastball Velo, Peak Fastball Spin Rate, Peak Curveball Velo, Peak Curveballl Spin Rate.

Peak Fastball Velo

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Caleb Castle	TX	Clearlake	2022	SS	88.4 mph
2	Mason Krahn	TX	San Antonio Johnson	2023	RHP	87.8 mph
3	Cross Valdez	TX	Sandra Day O'Connor	2022	RHP	87.4 mph
4	ROBBIE VELA	TX	Boerne Champion	2023	2B	86.1 mph
5	Cole Murphy	TX	George Ranch	2022	SS	86.0 mph
6	Lawson Peel	TX	Frenship	2022	C	85.9 mph
7	Jon Shields	TX	St John XXIII	2023	LHP	84.8 mph
8	Nathan Harmon	TX	Marcus	2022	3B	84.2 mph
9	Brock Rod	TX	El Campo	2023	OF	83.7 mph
10	Tice Purpura	TX	Southlake Carroll	2023	RHP	83.7 mph

Average Fastball Velo

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Eff Velocity (avg)
1	Mason Krahn	TX	San Antonio Johnson	2023	RHP	85.7 mph
2	Cross Valdez	TX	Sandra Day O'Connor	2022	RHP	84.2 mph
3	Lawson Peel	TX	Frenship	2022	C	83.2 mph
4	Caleb Castle	TX	Clearlake	2022	SS	82.9 mph
5	Nathan Harmon	TX	Marcus	2022	3B	82.4 mph
6	ROBBIE VELA	TX	Boerne Champion	2023	2B	82.1 mph
7	Tyler Garritano	TX	Boerne	2023	3B	80.9 mph
8	Cole Murphy	TX	George Ranch	2022	SS	80.0 mph
9	Hank Benny	TX	Lake Travis	2023	SS	79.8 mph
10	Tice Purpura	TX	Southlake Carroll	2023	RHP	79.4 mph

Peak Fastball Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Caleb Castle	TX	Clearlake	2022	SS	2538 rpm
2	Nathan Harmon	TX	Marcus	2022	3B	2449 rpm
3	ROBBIE VELA	TX	Boerne Champion	2023	2B	2392 rpm
4	Cole Murphy	TX	George Ranch	2022	SS	2336 rpm
5	Kobe Stokes	TX	Antonian College Prep	2021	RHP	2290 rpm
6	Landen Harless	TX	Argyle	2022	LHP	2286 rpm
7	Sawyer Bonin	TX	Homeschool	2023	RHP	2274 rpm
8	Mason Krahn	TX	San Antonio Johnson	2023	RHP	2230 rpm
9	Jose Gonzalez III	TX	Cypress Ridge	2021	1B	2213 rpm
10	Ethan Calder	TX	Lake Travis	2022	LHP	2198 rpm

Peak Curveball Velo

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Landen Harless	TX	Argyle	2022	LHP	75.7 mph
2	Brock Rod	TX	El Campo	2023	OF	75.4 mph
3	Grayson Winter	TX	Hays	2021	RHP	74.5 mph
4	Nathan Harmon	TX	Marcus	2022	3B	73.9 mph
5	ROBBIE VELA	TX	Boerne Champion	2023	2B	72.4 mph
6	Sawyer Bonin	TX	Homeschool	2023	RHP	72.3 mph
7	Caleb Castle	TX	Clearlake	2022	SS	72.1 mph
8	Trent Eaves	TX	Orangefield	2022	LHP	71.3 mph
9	Ethan Calder	TX	Lake Travis	2022	LHP	71.2 mph
10	Hunter Parry	TX	Cypress Ranch	2023	RHP	71.0 mph

Peak Curveball Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Ethan Calder	TX	Lake Travis	2022	LHP	2452 rpm
2	Cole Murphy	TX	George Ranch	2022	SS	2448 rpm
3	Hank Benny	TX	Lake Travis	2023	SS	2430 rpm
4	Nathan Harmon	TX	Marcus	2022	3B	2406 rpm
5	Landen Harless	TX	Argyle	2022	LHP	2369 rpm
6	Caleb Castle	TX	Clearlake	2022	SS	2355 rpm
7	ROBBIE VELA	TX	Boerne Champion	2023	2B	2334 rpm
8	Kobe Stokes	TX	Antonian College Prep	2021	RHP	2331 rpm
9	Sam Letz	TX	Kerrville Tivy	2022	RHP	2325 rpm
10	Jorge Zavala Jr	TX	Weslaco East	2022	OF	2312 rpm