Prep Baseball Report

Winter Update: TrackMan Pitcher Leaderboard


Brett Harrison
Nevada Scouting Director

The Winter Hitter/Pitcher Update, PBR Nevada's final event of 2020, has concluded with a number of players making the most of their opportunity to improve their metrics while being analyzed and assessed by the most advanced baseball technology in the game in TrackMan and Blast Motion. 

The TrackMan system provides the most advanced data retrieval insight on the market today. The TrackMan integrates with high-speed video, managing external cameras and capturing video clips directly into the app automatically – and pairing the video with each pitch. Pitchers can see the complete pitch trajectory in 3D, create defined tags to label and compare pitches, pin pitches together to create tunneling visualizations between different pitch types, and much more. Pitchers will have access to release speed, spin rate, spin axis, release height, extension, horizontal and vertical break and location on each pitch.

Key ball flight metrics will also live inside PBR Player Profiles for the benefit of college coaches and recruiters, which will help prospects advance to the next level. Whether indoors or outdoors, the Portable B1 Unit tracks every ball with equal reliability to eliminate the necessity for guesswork. It combines the best of image tracking, radar technology and video analysis to output the most accurate data in every environment. 

Spin Rate - how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher's hand, measured in "Revolutions per Minute or RPM"

Driveline Baseball: Bauer Units are intended to control for velocity when looking at spin rate. The equation was intended to be simple enough for coaches and players to use quickly in practice to compare pitchers to MLB average.

Next, we dive into the Pitcher Analysis provided by TrackMan, allowing us to break down and assess the effectiveness of each pitch thrown at the Winter Update.

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Max Fastball Velocity

High School Averages: Top 10% - 87.2 mph, Top 25% - 84.1 mph, Avg. 50% - 80.4 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 89.9 mph
2 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 84.5 mph
3 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 83.5 mph
4 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 83.1 mph
5 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 83.0 mph
6 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 82.8 mph
7 Gavin Stevenson NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 82.2 mph
8 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 80.8 mph
9 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 80.7 mph
10 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 80.1 mph

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Average Fastball Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 2245, Top 25% - 2119, Avg. 50% - 1977

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 2263 rpm
2 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 2175 rpm
3 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 2158 rpm
4 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 2148 rpm
5 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 2107 rpm
6 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 2096 rpm
7 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 2075 rpm
8 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 2026 rpm
9 Gavin Stevenson NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 1991 rpm
10 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 1905 rpm

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Fastball Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Score (max)
1 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 29
2 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 28
3 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 28
4 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 26
5 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 26
6 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 26
7 Zach Jensen NV Bishop Gorman 2022 RHP 25
8 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 25
9 Gavin Stevenson NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 25
10 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 25

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AVERAGE CURVEBALL VELOCITY

High School Averages: Top 10% - 74.5 mph, Top 25% - 71.9 mph, Avg. 50% - 69.0 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Eff Velocity (avg)
1 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 72.2 mph
2 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 71.2 mph
3 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 70.4 mph
4 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 69.3 mph
5 Gavin Stevenson NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 67.5 mph
6 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 67.0 mph
7 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 66.8 mph
8 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 65.5 mph
9 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 63.9 mph
10 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 61.7 mph

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Average Curveball Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 2459, Top 25% - 2265, Avg. 50% - 2070

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 2667 rpm
2 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 2423 rpm
3 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 2418 rpm
4 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 2282 rpm
5 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 2278 rpm
6 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 2205 rpm
7 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 2117 rpm
8 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 2074 rpm
9 Payton Smith NV Bishop Gorman 2023 SS 2029 rpm
10 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 1978 rpm

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Curveball Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Score (max)
1 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 42
2 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 38
3 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 34
4 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 33
5 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 32
6 Payton Smith NV Bishop Gorman 2023 SS 32
7 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 32
8 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 31
9 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 31
10 Austin Puett CA West Ranch 2021 RHP 30

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AVERAGE CHANGEUP VELOCITY

High School Averages: Top 10% - 80.7 mph, Top 25% - 78.3 mph, Avg. 50% - 75.6 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Eff Velocity (avg)
1 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 77.1 mph
2 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 75.1 mph
3 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 74.8 mph
4 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 74.8 mph
5 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 73.4 mph
6 Gavin Stevenson NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 73.2 mph
7 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 72.6 mph
8 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 72.6 mph
9 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 72.0 mph
10 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 70.4 mph

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Average Changeup Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 1924, Top 25% - 1784, Avg. 50% - 1633

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 1997 rpm
2 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 1984 rpm
3 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 1836 rpm
4 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 1815 rpm
5 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 1794 rpm
6 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 1773 rpm
7 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 1758 rpm
8 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 1695 rpm
9 Payton Smith NV Bishop Gorman 2023 SS 1684 rpm
10 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 1664 rpm

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Changeup Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Score (max)
1 Aiden Pollock NV Bishop Gorman 2023 OF 28
2 Payton Smith NV Bishop Gorman 2023 SS 26
3 Gavin Hadley NV Moapa Valley 2021 RHP 26
4 Alec Vincent NV Palo Verde 2022 C 26
5 Patrick McNinch NV Green Valley 2022 RHP 25
6 Tyler Kennedy NV Desert Oasis 2023 RHP 24
7 Christian Obos NV Spanish Springs 2023 RHP 24
8 Justin Jose NV Basic Academy 2022 RHP 23
9 Lincoln Ratliff NV Elko 2021 3B 23
10 Conner Meldrim NV Coronado 2022 RHP 22

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