Prep Baseball Report

Future Games - Nevada Pitching Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Nevada Operations

The Future Games is Prep Baseball's marquee event of the year for uncommitted talent and it was another incredibly successful event with 375 college coaches in attendance to take in the abundance of unsigned talent.

Team Nevada was comprised of 16 players with two of them joining us from Idaho. It was a loaded roster that should draw significant interest from college coaches over the next year and we had plenty of impressive showings between the showcase and gameplay.

Below, we continue to break down all the data from the event with a look at the top TrackMan pitching data among Team Nevada arms during gameplay.

To view full event results, click here.
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FASTBALL

MAX VELOCITY (MPH)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS VELOCITY (MAX)
1 Diego Baker ID Timberline 2025 RHP 88.6
2 Ace Hansen NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 88.4
3 Macen Collura NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS 88.2
4 Keenan Dolan NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 88.1
5 Braylon Kolish NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 88.1

Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.

SPIN RATE (AVG)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (AVG)
1 Mack Edwards NV Reno 2025 1B 2212 rpm
2 Macen Collura NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS 2136 rpm
3 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 2048 rpm
4 Keenan Dolan NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 2042 rpm
5 Jordan Watkins NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 1889 rpm

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.

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS IVB (AVG)
1 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 15.5 in
2 Macen Collura NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS 15.1 in
3 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 14.4 in
4 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 13.6 in
5 Jordan Watkins NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 12.9 in

Induced Vertical Break: Used in short form as "IVB," this metric is most important on fastballs for creating rise and on curveballs for creating depth – it can also have some use when measuring sliders and cutters as well. Sliders tend to be closer to zero inches while cutters are generally between 5 and 15 inches. Usually fastballs and curveballs with large IVB have higher spin efficiencies as well. Sliders generally have very little (closer to zero) IVB and very low spin efficiency. You could also categorize IVB into spin rate as this is part of the “useful movement” you’re looking for. IVB is also a huge part of the vertical approach angle.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS HM (AVG)
1 Kane Barber NV Centennial 2026 LHP -15.8
2 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP 14.5
3 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 14.2
4 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 12.7
5 Mack Edwards
NV Reno 2025 1B -10.5

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.”

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS ZONE %
1 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 77 %
2 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 66 %
3 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 51 %

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (AVG)
1 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 2060 rpm
2 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP 2008 rpm
3 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 1882 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS IVB (AVG)
1 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP -4.2 in
2 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP -2.6 in
3 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF 1.8 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS HM (AVG)
1 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP -11.8
2 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP -8.6
3 Ace Hansen
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 OF -2.7


SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS SPIN RATE (AVG)
1 Mack Edwards NV Reno 2025 1B 2774 rpm
2 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 2276 rpm
3 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 2156 rpm
4 Macen Collura
NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS 2135 rpm
5 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP 2016 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS IVB (AVG)
1 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 3.6 in
2 Macen Collura NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS 3.6 in
3 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 2.4 in
4 Mack Edwards
NV Reno 2025 1B -1.8 in
5 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP 1.8 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS HM (AVG)
1 Mack Edwards
NV Reno 2025 1B 17.0
2 Macen Collura
NV Faith Lutheran 2026 SS -6.6
3 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP -4.2
4 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP -2.2
5 Kane Barber
NV Centennial 2026 LHP 1.0

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS ZONE %
1 Mack Edwards
NV Reno 2025 1B 61 %
2 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 50 %
3 Diego Baker
ID Timberline 2025 RHP 50 %

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

RANK   NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS HM (AVG)
1 Jordan Watkins
NV Faith Lutheran 2025 RHP 18.8
2 Keenan Dolan
NV Bishop Manogue 2026 OF 13.2
3 Kane Barber
NV Centennial 2026 LHP -11.2
4 Braylon Kolish
NV Green Valley 2026 RHP 10.8
5 Mack Edwards
NV Reno 2025 1B -8.2


UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 PBR West Coast Games NV 08/04 UNLV & College of Southern Nevada
2023 PBR Montana State Games NV 08/13 Bozeman, MT
2023 PBR Hawaii State Games (2024-2028) NV 08/19 Les Murakami Stadium
Big Island Wood Bat Academy Scout Day (2024-2028) NV 08/20 Walter Victor Field
Northern Idaho Open (2024-2027) NV 09/09 Lake City High School
Las Vegas Fall ID NV 10/15 College of Southern Nevada


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