On Sept. 7, PBR Illinois traveled to John A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., for the  John A. Logan / SIC / Rend Lake / Kaskaskia Scout Day. The event featured over 60 players in total and allowed our staff to get a look at some of the top Junior College prospects in Southern Illinois.

Below are the day’s top performers, broken down by position players and pitchers. To see a list of those that attended, click here. For all of the statistics from this event, click here.

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POSITIONAL TOOLS

TOP 60-yard dash TIMES

Rank	Name	School	HS Grad Year	Pos	60-yd
1	Jayden Ohmer	John A. Logan JC	2023	OF	6.46 s
2	Jaden Hart	John A. Logan JC	2023	OF	6.65 s
3	Cameron Hill	John A. Logan JC	2021	OF	6.77 s
4	Levin East	John A. Logan JC	2023	RHP	6.80 s
5	Gage Griggs	John A. Logan JC	2022	2B	6.84 s
6	Jaden Correa	John A. Logan JC	2023	SS	6.87 s
7	Luke Bullins	Rend Lake JC	2022	OF	6.89 s
8	Ryan Taylor	Southeastern Illinois JC	2021	OF	6.90 s
9	Jayden Malone	John A. Logan JC	2023	OF	6.94 s
10	Judson Ceyanes	Kaskaskia JC	2022	OF	6.95 s
^	Justin Bogard	Kaskaskia JC	2021	OF	6.95 s

MAX INFielf VELOCITY

Rank	Name	School	HS Grad Year	Pos	INF Velo
1	Jake Munroe	John A. Logan JC	2022	3B	87
2	Michael Ascencio	Kaskaskia JC	2022	3B	86
^	Dalton Boruff	Kaskaskia JC	2022	SS	86
3	Gage Griggs	John A. Logan JC	2022	2B	84
4	John Kiebler	Southeastern Illinois JC	2022	SS	83
5	Jaden Correa	John A. Logan JC	2023	SS	82
^	Blake Templeton	Rend Lake JC	2020	2B	82

MAX Outfield VELOCITY

MAX Catcher VELOCITY

TOP POP TIMES

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TRACKMAN

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & SPIN RATE

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 AND AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (BP)

MAX DISTANCE (BP)

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE (BP)

Hard Hit%: TrackMan defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 90 mph or higher, and a player's "hard-hit rate" is simply showing the percentage of batted balls that were hit at 90 mph or more.

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BLAST MOTION

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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