Prep Baseball Report

Fall Upperclass Games: TrackMan Pitching Analysis


Phil Kerber
Georgia Scouting Director



This summer, Prep Baseball Report events across the country have been powered by TrackMan’s industry-leading Portable system to capture pinpoint accurate, actionable data from player performances. Prep Baseball Report and TrackMan are dedicated to recognizing talent and unleashing their potential.


At the Fall Upperclass Games, when pitchers took the mound, every pitch was logged via TrackMan Portable units. Key metrics were collected on many of the top uncommitted players in the country. Today, we share leaderboards of velocity, spin rates, extension and movement.

TrackMan Pitching Data

Fastball Max Velocity & Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Cole Munhall GA North Forsyth 2022 RHP 89.4 mph
2 Avery Brown GA East Coweta 2022 RHP 87.2 mph
3 Matthew Morgan GA LaGrange 2021 RHP 87.0 mph
4 Parker Mirick GA Brookwood School 2021 RHP 87.0 mph
5 Agyei Quinichett GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 86.9 mph
6 Charlie Siegel GA North Paulding 2022 RHP 86.7 mph
7 Tazwell Butler GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 86.3 mph
8 Conner Sizemore GA Northside 2021 RHP 86.1 mph
9 CJ Whaley GA Kennesaw Mountain 2021 1B 86.0 mph
10 Elijah Reece GA North Hall 2022 RHP 85.8 mph
11 Kyle Felker GA Coahulla Creek 2021 RHP 85.7 mph
12 Aedan Cates GA Trinity Christian 2022 RHP 85.4 mph
13 Barrett Eldridge GA Walton 2022 1B 85.4 mph
14 Jack Butler GA Pope 2022 RHP 85.1 mph
15 Riley Cruce GA Loganville 2022 LHP 84.9 mph
16 Thomas Smith GA West Forsyth 2021 SS 83.8 mph
17 Tyrus Cobb GA Locust Grove 2022 LHP 83.4 mph
18 Carson Huber GA Union Grove 2021 OF 83.3 mph
19 Jacob Tolson GA Calhoun 2022 C 82.9 mph
20 Blake Wood GA Glynn Academy 2021 OF 82.7 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Jack Butler GA Pope 2022 RHP 2350 rpm
2 Agyei Quinichett GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 2342 rpm
3 Matthew Morgan GA LaGrange 2021 RHP 2308 rpm
4 Thomas Smith GA West Forsyth 2021 SS 2279 rpm
5 Charlie Siegel GA North Paulding 2022 RHP 2274 rpm
6 Carson Huber GA Union Grove 2021 OF 2267 rpm
7 Kyle Felker GA Coahulla Creek 2021 RHP 2264 rpm
8 Ethan Chernik GA Blessed Trinity Catholic 2022 RHP 2258 rpm
9 Tazwell Butler GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 2253 rpm
10 Cole Munhall GA North Forsyth 2022 RHP 2252 rpm

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 Extension (Fastball)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Extension (avg)
1 Elijah Reece GA North Hall 2022 RHP 7.0 ft
2 Donson Morain GA Young Americans Christian 2021 1B 6.8 ft
3 Jeb Satterfield GA Ola 2021 LHP 6.7 ft
4 Carter Brannon GA Bleckley County 2022 RHP 6.4 ft
5 Kyle Felker GA Coahulla Creek 2021 RHP 6.2 ft
6 Tazwell Butler GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 6.2 ft
7 Tyrus Cobb GA Locust Grove 2022 LHP 6.1 ft
8 Parker Mirick GA Brookwood School 2021 RHP 6.1 ft
9 Blake Wood GA Glynn Academy 2021 OF 6.1 ft
10 Charlie Siegel GA North Paulding 2022 RHP 6.1 ft

Extension: The measurement of the release point relative to the rubber, reported in feet. Essentially, a higher extension can create an advantage for pitchers as they shorten the time in which the ball is traveling from their hand to home.

Average Fastball Horizontal Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Ethan Chernik GA Blessed Trinity Catholic 2022 RHP 20.6
2 Thomas Smith GA West Forsyth 2021 SS 19.1
3 Avery Brown GA East Coweta 2022 RHP 17.4
4 Parker Mirick GA Brookwood School 2021 RHP 17.0
5 James Lipsey GA Grayson 2021 RHP 14.7
6 Charlie Siegel GA North Paulding 2022 RHP 14.5
7 Conner Sizemore GA Northside 2021 RHP 14.0
8 Cole Munhall GA North Forsyth 2022 RHP 13.5
9 Barrett Eldridge GA Walton 2022 1B 13.3
10 Jack Butler GA Pope 2022 RHP 13.1

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 Fastball Induced Vertical Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Matthew Morgan GA LaGrange 2021 RHP 22.8 in
2 Agyei Quinichett GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 22.7 in
3 Sam Pate TN Columbia Central 2022 OF 22.4 in
4 Caleb Piland GA Cherokee Bluff 2022 3B 19.1 in
5 Donson Morain GA Young Americans Christian 2021 1B 19.0 in
6 Kyle Felker GA Coahulla Creek 2021 RHP 19.0 in
7 Cole Munhall GA North Forsyth 2022 RHP 18.4 in
8 Tyrus Cobb GA Locust Grove 2022 LHP 17.5 in
9 Riley Cruce GA Loganville 2022 LHP 17.5 in
10 Jack Butler GA Pope 2022 RHP 17.3 in

Induced Vertical Break: Outline on TrackMan's own website: "... Distance, measured in inches, between where the pitch actually crosses the front of home plate height-wise, and where it would have crossed home plate height-wise if had it traveled in a perfectly straight line from release, but affected by gravity. If this number is positive, the ball broke “upwards”, or in reality dropped less than it would have due to gravity alone – it does not necessarily mean that the ball actually rose."

Curveball Velocity Range & Max Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Agyei Quinichett GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 73.4-79.7 mph
2 Cole Munhall GA North Forsyth 2022 RHP 76.1-78.0 mph
3 Ethan Chernik GA Blessed Trinity Catholic 2022 RHP 72.0-74.0 mph
4 Tazwell Butler GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 71.1-74.0 mph
5 CJ Whaley GA Kennesaw Mountain 2021 1B 71.9-73.5 mph
6 Keven Ryan GA Forest park 2022 LHP 62.4-73.0 mph
7 Tyrus Cobb GA Locust Grove 2022 LHP 70.7-72.6 mph
8 Carson Huber GA Union Grove 2021 OF 70.5-72.2 mph
9 Matthew Morgan GA LaGrange 2021 RHP 68.3-72.1 mph
10 Thomas Smith GA West Forsyth 2021 SS 67.5-72.0 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Thomas Smith GA West Forsyth 2021 SS 2681 rpm
2 Agyei Quinichett GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 2556 rpm
3 Ethan Chernik GA Blessed Trinity Catholic 2022 RHP 2416 rpm
4 CJ Whaley GA Kennesaw Mountain 2021 1B 2316 rpm
5 Tazwell Butler GA St. Pius X 2022 RHP 2271 rpm
6 John Long GA Glynn Academy 2022 OF 2212 rpm
7 Rocky Middleton GA Duluth 2022 LHP 2211 rpm
8 Jack Butler GA Pope 2022 RHP 2175 rpm
9 Matthew Morgan GA LaGrange 2021 RHP 2167 rpm
10 Brennan Boone GA Harrison 2021 RHP 2093 rpm

Slider Velocity Range & Max Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velo Range
1 Parker Mirick GA Brookwood School 2021 RHP 73.3-75.2 mph
2 Charlie Siegel GA North Paulding 2022 RHP 71.5-75.0 mph
3 Avery Brown GA East Coweta 2022 RHP 72.9-74.6 mph
4 Conner Sizemore GA Northside 2021 RHP 73.1-74.6 mph
5 Aedan Cates GA Trinity Christian 2022 RHP 71.1-73.9 mph
6 Christian White GA Eagle's Landing Christian 2022 RHP 66.4-72.7 mph
7 Barrett Eldridge GA Walton 2022 1B 69.0-71.8 mph
8 Riley Cruce GA Loganville 2022 LHP 71.1-71.5 mph
9 Caleb Piland GA Cherokee Bluff 2022 3B 69.4-71.1 mph
10 Luke Edmonds GA Johns Creek 2022 RHP 66.8-70.2 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Parker Mirick GA Brookwood School 2021 RHP 2563 rpm
2 Avery Brown GA East Coweta 2022 RHP 2433 rpm
3 Christian White GA Eagle's Landing Christian 2022 RHP 2268 rpm
4 Conner Sizemore GA Northside 2021 RHP 2238 rpm
5 Rocky Middleton GA Duluth 2022 LHP 2221 rpm
6 James Lipsey GA Grayson 2021 RHP 2166 rpm
7 Blake Wood GA Glynn Academy 2021 OF 2110 rpm
8 Andrew Thompson GA Westminster Schools 2022 RHP 2097 rpm
9 Aedan Cates GA Trinity Christian 2022 RHP 2014 rpm
10 Riley Cruce GA Loganville 2022 LHP 2001 rpm

Complete TrackMan Data

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