On Saturday, September 17th, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to the Kroc Center to host the White Sox ACE Scout Day, where 60+ players from the White Sox ACE program participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff. 

Earlier this week we published our Takeaway Story, highlighting the top prospects of the event by positions. Today, we're going to break down the takeaways from the event by diving deeper into all of the data we collected at the Scout Day.

POSITIONAL TOOLS

TOP 60-TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yard
1	Ezra Essex	SC	P27 Academy	2025	OF	6.66
2	Khamaree Thomas	IL	Kenwood	2024	OF	6.74
3	Lance Moon	IL	Brother Rice	2025	OF	6.87
4	Mason Jarrett	IN	Munster	2025	OF	6.90
5	Jevan Andrews	IN	Hobart	2024	OF	7.00

MAX INF VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Jonah Weathers	IL	Marian Catholic	2024	3B	86
2	DaMaurion Butler	IL	Kenwood Academy High School	2025	SS	85
^	Joey Barboza	IL	De La Salle	2024	SS	85
3	Francisco Rodriguez	IL	De La Salle	2025	SS	84
4	Jimmy Downs	IL	Kenwood Academy	2025	3B	83
^	Derrick Holmes	IL	Brother Rice	2025	OF	83
5	Joey Ireland	IL	Mount Carmel	2026	SS	81

MAX OF VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Destin Edwards	IL	Kenwood Academy	2024	OF	92
^	Savion Flowers	IL	Kenwood Academy	2024	OF	92
2	Lance Moon	IL	Brother Rice	2025	OF	90
3	Jonah Weathers	IL	Marian Catholic	2024	3B	88
4	Francisco Rodriguez	IL	De La Salle	2025	SS	85
^	Khamaree Thomas	IL	Kenwood	2024	OF	85

MAX C VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Sir Jamison Jones	IL	St. Rita	2024	C	81
2	Brandon Stinson	IL	Kenwood Academy High School	2025	C	75
3	Bishop Cappetto	IN	Munster	2025	RHP	74
^	Daniel Luster Jr	IL	Kenwood	2025	C	74
4	Mateo Munoz	IL	Homewood Flossmoor	2025	C	73

TOP POP-TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Sir Jamison Jones	IL	St. Rita	2024	C	1.95-2.01
2	Brandon Stinson	IL	Kenwood Academy High School	2025	C	2.03-2.08
3	Angel Castro	IL	DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE - INSTITUTE CAMPUS	2025	C	2.12-2.19
4	Daniel Luster Jr	IL	Kenwood	2025	C	2.15-2.35
5	Bishop Cappetto	IN	Munster	2025	RHP	2.18-2.22

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 & AVERAGE SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Peter Pipikios	IL	Neuqua Valley	2024	LHP	83.4 mph
2	Antonio Brown Jr	IL	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	2026	RHP	83.1 mph
3	Jose Rodriguez	IL	Reavis	2026	RHP	83.0 mph
4	Bishop Cappetto	IN	Munster	2025	RHP	82.5 mph
5	Anthony Cantelo	IL	St Rita	2024	RHP	81.7 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Brandon Stinson	IL	Kenwood Academy High School	2025	C	2056 rpm
2	Antonio Licea	IL	Eric Solorio	2025	RHP	2043 rpm
3	Antonio Brown Jr	IL	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	2026	RHP	2027 rpm
4	Jose Rodriguez	IL	Reavis	2026	RHP	1956 rpm
5	Brayden Kenny	IL	Laboratory School	2025	RHP	1931 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

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Antonio Brown Jr	IL	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	2026	RHP	16.7
2	Anthony Cantelo	IL	St Rita	2024	RHP	15.9
3	Antonio Licea	IL	Eric Solorio	2025	RHP	13.6
4	Jose Rodriguez	IL	Reavis	2026	RHP	13.2
5	Juan Barrientos	IL	Solorio	2026	C	13.1
6	Bishop Cappetto	IN	Munster	2025	RHP	12.5

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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