On Monday, October 1st, PBR Illinois traveled to Morton Junior College in Cicero, IL for the Morton JC Scout Day. The event featured over 38 of Morton’s players. The Panthers are coming off a 35-24 record in 2023.

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.

POSITIONAL TOOLS

TOP 60-TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Joey Robinson	IL	Lyons Township	2021	OF	6.75 s
2	Angelo Luna	IL	St. Laurence	2022	OF	6.82 s
3	Hector Mendoza	IL	Morton West	2022	2B	6.87 s
4	Michael Wanhala	IL	Huntley	2022	OF	6.95 s
5	Ayham Salah	IL	Oak Lawn Community	2023	OF	6.99 s

MAX INF VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Cristian Ruiz	IL	Oak Lawn	2023	SS	87
2	Taylor Voorhees	IL	St. Joseph-Ogden	2023	3B	83
3	Noah Chase	IL	Illinois Valley Central	2022	3B	81

MAX OF VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Jake Tyler	IL	Riverside Brookfield	2025	C	83
^	Ayham Salah	IL	Oak Lawn Community	2023	OF	83
2	Michael Wanhala	IL	Huntley	2022	OF	82
3	Miguel Cantu	IL	St. Rita	2022	RHP	81
4	JD Swarbrick	IL	Barrington	2022	SS	79

MAX C VELOCITY

TOP POP-TIMES

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

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 (HITTING)

MAX DISTANCE (HITTING)

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE (HITTING)

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.

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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