Prep Baseball Report

PBR Illinois Best of 2022: Max Curveball Spin Rates


By: Peter Hamot
Area Scout, Staff Writer

The PBR Illinois staff hosted over 40 showcases in 2022 – from invite-only events for select prospects, events for incoming freshmen, unsigned seniors, and the list goes on. Before we close the book on 2022 for good, we're going to check out some of the top showcase performances of last year.

To make your mark at a PBR showcase in 2023, check out the recently released Illinois winter 2023 calendar.

Below you'll find the highest curveball spin rates produced by Illinois products over the last calendar year, separated by grad class.

 

2022

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (MAX)
1 Matthew Tarr IL West Aurora 2022 RHP 2850 rpm
2 Logan Kottmeyer IL Kaneland 2022 RHP 2568 rpm
3 Easton Harris IL Washington 2022 SS 2496 rpm
4 Alex Alberico IL Providence Catholic 2022 RHP 2466 rpm

 

2023

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (MAX)
1 Hank Liss IL Evanston 2023 RHP 2917 rpm
2 Dominic Voegele IL Columbia 2023 RHP 2819 rpm
3 Colin Tarr IL West Aurora 2023 RHP 2771 rpm
4 Dimitrios Bourmas IL Harvard 2023 RHP 2735 rpm
5 Josh Katz IL Lane Tech 2023 RHP 2722 rpm
6 Austin Brown IL Triad 2023 RHP 2713 rpm
7 Cole Kratzberg IL Orion 2023 OF 2697 rpm
8 Cooper Cohn IL McHenry 2023 C 2639 rpm
9 Drew Zemaitis IL Providence Catholic 2023 RHP 2635 rpm
10 Michael Belbot IL Stevenson 2023 RHP 2615 rpm
11 Daniel Giusto IL Lincoln-Way East 2023 RHP 2607 rpm
12 Joshua Schmidt IL Whitney Young 2023 RHP 2603 rpm
13 Donald Timon IL Mascoutah 2023 C 2560 rpm
14 Drew Koenen IL Maine South 2023 RHP 2553 rpm
15 Charlie Hahn IL New Trier 2023 RHP 2551 rpm
16 Dylan Mayer IL New Trier 2023 LHP 2541 rpm
17 Lucas Bormann IL York 2023 RHP 2516 rpm
18 Brayden McKuras IL Bradley-Bourbonnais 2023 SS 2506 rpm
19 Caden Vogt IL Marengo 2023 LHP 2505 rpm
20 Heath Hornke IL Normal West 2023 RHP 2504 rpm
21 Jayden Gumprecht IL Crystal Lake South 2023 OF 2503 rpm
22 RJ Bergren IL Mount Carmel 2023 LHP 2488 rpm
23 Josh McDevitt IL Effingham 2023 RHP 2479 rpm
24 Nathaniel Buehrer IL Hampshire 2023 RHP 2474 rpm
25 Isaiah Vance IL Libertyville 2023 RHP 2471 rpm
26 Ryan Greifelt IL Notre Dame 2023 LHP 2467 rpm
27 Spencer Geake IL Glenbrook North 2023 RHP 2465 rpm
28 John McGlynn IL Oak Lawn 2023 RHP 2464 rpm
29 Ian Boal IL Johnsburg 2023 LHP 2463 rpm
30 Christian Graves IL Jacobs 2023 3B 2455 rpm
31 Luke Richker IL New Trier 2023 RHP 2446 rpm
32 Colin Kornit IL Grayslake Central 2023 LHP 2441 rpm
33 Jake Schisler IL Quincy Notre Dame 2023 OF 2431 rpm
34 Vincent Costantino IL Huntley 2023 RHP 2423 rpm

 

2024

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (MAX)
1 Jack Wisdom IL Bloomington Central Catholic 2024 RHP 2694 rpm
2 Ryan Kotara IL Lincoln-Way Central 2024 RHP 2691 rpm
3 Malachi Paplanus IL Huntley 2024 RHP 2610 rpm
4 Eli Travis IL Oak Park-River Forest 2024 RHP 2554 rpm
5 Casey Giemzik IL Brother Rice 2024 RHP 2538 rpm
6 Trevor Rehnstrom IL Glenbard East 2024 RHP 2535 rpm
7 Amari McGill IL Plainfield East 2024 OF 2520 rpm
8 Owen Cavanaugh IL Normal Community 2024 SS 2518 rpm
9 Kaileb Hackman IL Normal Community 2024 3B 2494 rpm
10 Jack Wilson IL New Trier 2024 RHP 2461 rpm
11 Kyle Demay IL Plainfield North 2024 RHP 2450 rpm
12 Alexander Schiefer IL Kaneland 2024 RHP 2449 rpm
13 Dominic Stringham IL Oswego 2024 SS 2439 rpm
14 Colin McCormick IL IMG Academy 2024 SS 2397 rpm
15 Griffin Hall IL Minooka 2024 LHP 2367 rpm
16 Landen Patton IL Sangamon Valley 2024 LHP 2360 rpm
17 Quinn Hacker IL Plainfield North 2024 RHP 2359 rpm
18 Tanner Spangler IL Morton 2024 RHP 2356 rpm
19 Tom Ford IL Lisle 2024 RHP 2349 rpm
20 Justin Butcher IL Taft 2024 1B 2348 rpm
21 Aidan Hayse IL Joliet Catholic Academy 2024 RHP 2337 rpm
22 Ethan Eberle IL Normal Community 2024 LHP 2309 rpm
23 Brady Chambers IL Lyons Township 2024 RHP 2303 rpm

 

2025

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (MAX)
1 Xavier Crowder IL Montini Catholic 2025 RHP 2812 rpm
2 Jordan Shoemaker IL Metea Valley 2025 OF 2732 rpm
3 Alex Macak IL Sandburg 2025 2B 2656 rpm
4 John Hilpert IL Belleville West 2025 CF 2622 rpm
5 Cole Kenyon IL Lake Zurich 2025 RHP 2553 rpm
6 Blaine Williams IL Tremont 2025 C 2534 rpm
7 Donovan Christman IL McHenry 2025 RHP 2504 rpm
8 Anthony Karbowski IL Hampshire 2025 LHP 2485 rpm
9 Jack Bauer IL Lincoln-Way East 2025 LHP 2477 rpm
10 Tyler Dowling IL Bloomington 2025 2B 2473 rpm
11 Patrick Heneghan IL New Trier 2025 SS 2468 rpm
12 Declan Martin IL Loyola Academy 2025 RHP 2465 rpm
13 Enzo Infelise IL Providence Catholic 2025 C 2453 rpm
14 Brady Rosenkranz IL Adlai E. Stevenson 2025 RHP 2445 rpm
15 Michael Boenzi IL Lake Zurich 2025 RHP 2416 rpm
16 Eddie Olszta IL Providence Catholic 2025 SS 2348 rpm
17 Jake Chrzastowski IL Grant 2025 3B 2306 rpm

 

2026

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (MAX)
1 Brady Turner IL Routt Catholic 2026 LHP 2701 rpm
2 Chase Lockwood IL Libertyville 2026 RHP 2585 rpm
3 Ethan Bass IL Glenbrook North 2026 SS 2352 rpm
4 Samuel Chin IL Timothy Christian  2026 RHP 2342 rpm
5 Jackson Schlott IL Plainfield North 2026 OF 2313 rpm
6 Mitchell Breeden IL McHenry 2026 RHP 2303 rpm
7 Nico Harper IL Libertyville 2026 LHP 2282 rpm

 

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