On July 12, the PBR Wisconsin team hosted the Top Prospect Games at The Rock Complex in Franklin, Wis., featuring many of the top uncommitted players in the state’s 2023 and 2024 grad classes. As we begin to dissect the data and our own scouting reports recorded at this event, we’ll begin to publish our findings, including within stories like Quick Hits, featuring some of the most notable takeaways from the showcase.

This event will also help us fill out the remainder of the Team Wisconsin roster that we’ll be taking with us later this month to compete at the PBR Future Games down at Georgia’s LakePoint complex, featuring the top uncommitted players across the entire nation.

TRACKMAN

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 data.

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Ty Rechner	WI	Stevens Point	2024	RHP	88.0 mph
2	Edward Eveland	WI	Lake Mills	2023	RHP	87.8 mph
3	Leo Berger	WI	Rufus King	2023	RHP	87.4 mph
4	Elijah Niemiec	WI	St Thomas More	2023	RHP	87.3 mph
5	Wyatt Rushing	WI	Elkhorn	2024	RHP	86.8 mph
6	Ben Moser	WI	Sussex Hamilton	2024	RHP	86.7 mph
7	Noah Dreier	WI	Brookfield Central	2023	SS	86.5 mph
8	Kyle Alivo	WI	St. Thomas More	2024	RHP	85.7 mph
9	Easton Arendt	WI	De Pere	2024	RHP	85.6 mph
10	Arik Egerbrecht	WI	Arrowhead	2023	RHP	85.4 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Noah Dreier	WI	Brookfield Central	2023	SS	2473 rpm
2	Kyle Alivo	WI	St. Thomas More	2024	RHP	2441 rpm
3	Edward Eveland	WI	Lake Mills	2023	RHP	2425 rpm
4	Arik Egerbrecht	WI	Arrowhead	2023	RHP	2408 rpm
5	Ben Moser	WI	Sussex Hamilton	2024	RHP	2371 rpm
6	Elijah Niemiec	WI	St Thomas More	2023	RHP	2355 rpm
7	Tyler Suttner	WI	Waukesha North	2024	RHP	2351 rpm
8	Leo Berger	WI	Rufus King	2023	RHP	2340 rpm
9	Samuel Wronski	WI	Marquette University	2023	RHP	2327 rpm
10	Jake Catalano	WI	Brookfield East	2023	RHP	2294 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 CURVEBALL & SLIDER SPIN RATE

AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

MAX EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)

MAX DISTANCE (HITTING)

BLAST MOTION

With the help of our Blast Motion sensors, we're analyzing the swing metrics measured at this open showcase.

HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

BAT SPEED (AVERAGE)

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

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