On Tuesday, June 28th, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to Lee Pfund Stadium in Wheaton, Illinois, to host the West Suburban Open. This event featured more than 20 prospects from the 2023-to-2026 graduating classes and provided our staff an opportunity to check-in on them as the summer progresses. 

Earlier this week we published Quick Hits highlighting the top prospects of the event by class. We also rolled out a Statistical Analysis pointing out the top recorded stats by category.

Now 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 metric data.

MAX FASTBALL & PEAK SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Tom Ford	IL	Lisle	2024	RHP	90.8 mph
2	Stevie Hobbs	IL	Glenbard North	2023	3B	87.9 mph
3	Charlie Hynes	IL	Saint Ignatius College Prep	2023	LHP	87.2 mph
4	Drew Koenig	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2023	RHP	85.6 mph
5	Tommy Van Daff	IL	York	2023	LHP	83.5 mph
6	Zach Ebert	IL	Lisle	2023	RHP	80.4 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Drew Koenig	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2023	RHP	2306 rpm
2	Tom Ford	IL	Lisle	2024	RHP	2285 rpm
3	Stevie Hobbs	IL	Glenbard North	2023	3B	2284 rpm
4	Jack Lawton	IL	York	2024	3B	2203 rpm
5	Charlie Hynes	IL	Saint Ignatius College Prep	2023	LHP	2168 rpm
6	Nikolas Nelson	IL	Dekalb	2025	2B	2154 rpm
7	Tommy Van Daff	IL	York	2023	LHP	2112 rpm
8	Seth Gilliland	IL	Waubonsie Valley	2025	LHP	2034 rpm
9	Zach Ebert	IL	Lisle	2023	RHP	2006 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

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 Slider Spin Rate

Average Curveball Spin Rate

Average Changeup horizontal Movement

Average Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Exit Speed: Also according to TrackMan’s own website: “The speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.”

Peak Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)

For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.

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