Prep Baseball Report

Utah Preseason ID: TrackMan Pitching Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Utah Operations

On Saturday, February 11th, PBR Utah hosted it's first identification showcase of the 2023 season, the Utah Preseason ID at The Hive, Juab High School's Fieldhouse. 

Preseason ID's allow our staff to get a look at players ahead of the high school season, as well as offer players a chance to update their profiles and metrics as they head into the season. The events also serve as identifiers for invite-only showcases in Utah and nationally, including the Future and Jr. Future Games, West Coast Games, Utah Preseason All-State Games, Utah Top Prospect Games and Utah All-State Games.

The event featured players from the 2023 - 2026 classes and gave our staff a look at over 70 players from across the State. We had some good showings from some unsigned 2023s and 2024s, as well some intriguing underclassmen who are just jumping onto the scene.

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan and Blast Motion, Catch Pop Time and Velocity, Outfield Evaluation and Velocity, Infield Evaluation and Velocity, Pitcher Bullpens analyzed and assessed by TrackMan. We pride ourselves on utilizing the latest technology in the game to provide the most accurate data for both the player and those recruiting/evaluating the player.

Below, we continue our post-event coverage with a look at the top TrackMan pitching data from the event.

For complete event results and stats, click here.
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UTAH PRESEASON ID | TRACKMAN PITCHING LEADERBOARDS

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Top Pitching Statistical Performers in each pitching category tracked by TrackMan 

Peak Fastball Velocity - 89.9 MPH | RHP/OF Connor Drachman - 2024, Copper Hills | Uncommitted
Peak Fastball Spin Rate - 2428 RPM | RHP/1B Cael Smith - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted
Avg. Fastball Spin Rate -  2375 RPM | RHP/OF Hyrum Long - 2025, Pleasant Grove | Uncommitted
Avg. Fastball Horizontal Break - 10.5 in. | SS/RHP Trenton Ash - 2023, Springville | Uncommitted
Avg. Fastball Induced Vertical Break - 15.9 in. | LHP/1B Dax Bradford - 2026, Bingham | Uncommitted
Peak Curveball Spin Rate - 2462 RPM | 2B/RHP Hayden Hansen - 2024, Ridgeline | Uncommitted
Avg. Curveball Spin Rate - 2244 RPM | C/RHP Ashton Gurney - 2024, Wasatch | Uncommitted
Peak Slider Spin Rate - 2378 RPM | RHP/OF Connor Drachman - 2024, Copper Hills | Uncommitted
Avg. Slider Spin Rate - 2106 RPM | RHP/OF Bode Hansen - 2024, Ridgeline | Uncommitted
Avg. Changeup Horizontal Break - 10.8 in. | RHP Jaden Keblis - 2024, Syracuse | Uncommitted

PEAK FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 89.9 mph
2 Gunnar Russell UT Jordan 2024 RHP 85.7 mph
3 Jake Hopkins UT Syracuse 2024 RHP 84.2 mph
4 Ayden Italasano UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 83.8 mph
5 Trenton Ash UT Springville 2023 SS 83.6 mph
6 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 83.3 mph
7 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 83.3 mph
8 Kai Smith UT Jordan 2024 LHP 83.0 mph
9 Braxton Lyon UT Park City 2023 RHP 82.8 mph
10 Bode Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 RHP 82.6 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 2428 rpm
2 Hyrum Long UT Pleasant Grove 2025 RHP 2416 rpm
3 Cole Douglas UT Pleasant Grove 2024 RHP 2368 rpm
4 Hayden Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 2B 2344 rpm
5 Ayden Italasano UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 2306 rpm

AVG FASTBALL SPIN

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Hyrum Long UT Pleasant Grove 2025 RHP 2375 rpm
2 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 2334 rpm
3 Cole Douglas UT Pleasant Grove 2024 RHP 2305 rpm
4 Ayden Italasano UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 2203 rpm
5 Jake Hopkins UT Syracuse 2024 RHP 2194 rpm

AVG FB HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Trenton Ash UT Springville 2023 SS 10.5
2 Beckham Lindsey UT Bingham 2026 RHP 10.5
3 Bosten Steacie UT Box Elder 2026 RHP 10.4
4 Braxton Pickett UT Gunnison Valley 2026 RHP 10.2
5 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 10.2

AVG FB INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Dax Bradford UT Bingham 2026 LHP 15.9 in
2 Dylan Vea UT Copper Hills 2024 OF 15.6 in
3 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 15.1 in
4 Jaden Keblis UT Syracuse 2024 RHP 15.0 in
5 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 14.2 in

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Hayden Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 2B 2462 rpm
2 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 2441 rpm
3 Collin Haymond UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 2402 rpm
4 Cole Douglas UT Pleasant Grove 2024 RHP 2290 rpm
5 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 2249 rpm

AVG. CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 2244 rpm
2 Gunnar Russell UT Jordan 2024 RHP 2193 rpm
3 Cole Douglas UT Pleasant Grove 2024 RHP 2182 rpm
4 Ayden Italasano UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 2153 rpm
5 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 2151 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 2378 rpm
2 Bode Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 RHP 2296 rpm
3 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 2249 rpm
4 Hunter Hansen UT North Sevier 2023 RHP 2076 rpm
5 Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 1859 rpm

AVG SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Cael Smith UT Juab 2023 RHP 2142
2 Bode Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 RHP 2106
3 Hunter Hansen UT North Sevier 2023 RHP 1974
4 Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 1816
5 Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 1816

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Jaden Keblis UT Syracuse 2024 RHP 10.8
2 Beckham Lindsey UT Bingham 2026 RHP 10.6
3 Dutch Visser UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 9.9
4 Trenton Ash UT Springville 2023 SS 9.0
5 Tage McKinley UT Park City 2026 SS 8.9

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) UT 03/04 Hurricane High School
Northern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 04/22 American Fork High School - American Fork, UT
Southern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 05/06 Hurricane High School


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