Prep Baseball Report

Pirates Scout Day: Pitching Leaderboard


By: Diego Solares
Area Scout, Illinois & Missouri

On Saturday, February 18th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to Fenton, MO, to host the Pirates Scout Day with the St. Louis Pirates organization. Roughly 30 players representing the 2023-to-2026 grad classes from both Illinois and Missouri participated in a pro-style workout, collecting up-to-date statistics and advanced data with the help of our unrivaled tech partners.

To see the players that attended this event, click HERE.

Shortly after the event’s conclusion, our staff posted a ‘Stat Story’ that highlighted some of the event’s stat leaders in our traditional categories, like the 60-yard dash, throwing velocities, and more. You can find that by clicking HERE.

We then compiled our notes and digested the day as a whole within our 'Quick Hits', where we highlighted over 30 names that impressed our staff. Those nuggets can be found HERE.

Earlier today our staff put together our 'Hitting Leaderboard' from this event, identifying several batted ball standouts with the help of our partners at TrackMan. We'll turn our attention back to the data now but on the pitching side instead, diving deeper into which arms spun the baseball at the highest rate at this event.

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 86.7 mph
2 Bryce Lemp IL Collinsville 2024 OF 85.0 mph
3 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 84.1 mph
4 Alex Tame IL O'Fallon 2024 RHP 83.7 mph
5 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 81.2 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 2387 rpm
2 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 2210 rpm
3 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 2151 rpm

AVERAGE FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 2343 rpm
2 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 2185 rpm
3 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 2081 rpm

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Paxson Schnieders MO Mehlville 2026 RHP 2407 rpm
2 Alex Tame IL O'Fallon 2024 RHP 2293 rpm
3 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 2276 rpm
4 Ethan Griffith MO Liberty - Wentzville 2025 SS 2249 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Paxson Schnieders MO Mehlville 2026 RHP 2316 rpm
2 Alex Tame IL O'Fallon 2024 RHP 2204 rpm
3 Ethan Griffith MO Liberty - Wentzville 2025 SS 2191 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Paxson Schnieders MO Mehlville 2026 RHP 2499 rpm
2 Bryce Lemp IL Collinsville 2024 OF 2244 rpm
3 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 2160 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Paxson Schnieders MO Mehlville 2026 RHP 2467
2 Bryce Lemp IL Collinsville 2024 OF 2140
3 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 2096

MAX CHANGEUP MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 21.3 in
2 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 19.2 in
3 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 18.8 in
4 Bryce Lemp IL Collinsville 2024 OF -17.3 in
5 Nolan Nester MO St. Louis University 2024 RHP 17.1 in

AVERAGE CHANGEUP MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Devin Coulter MO Westminster Christian Academy 2024 RHP 18.2
2 CJ Lake MO OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 2026 3B 17.7
3 Michael Sievers MO Christian Brothers College High School 2025 C 17.5
4 Nolan Nester MO St. Louis University 2024 RHP 15.8
5 Bruce Portell IL Maryville Christian 2026 3B 15.2

For a look at all the statistics collected at this event, click HERE.

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