On Tuesday, August 1st, the PBR Ontario staff hosted the Toronto Summer Open at Dan Lang Field in Scarborough, Ontario. This event featured 35 prospects from the 2024 - 2027 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, along with assessing them using our various tech partners.

Our staff has already broken down plenty of top performers from the evnet with our Quick Hits I and Quick Hits II articles, as well as our Positional Data Dive. We continue our post-event coverage below with our Pitching Data Dive, breaking down the top TrackMan pitching data collected at the event.

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

FASTBALL

MAX VELOCITY (MPH)

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

SPIN RATE (AVG)

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.)

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.)

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%

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE	STATE	DATE	LOCATION
2023 Northeast Senior Games (PBR Canada Selects)	ON	08/08	Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex
2023 Windsor Selects Scout Day	ON	08/17	Libro Credit Union Centre
2023 Windsor Open ID	ON	08/18	Libro Credit Union Centre
2023 Eastern Canada ProCase (Oakville)	ON	08/19	King's Christian Collegiate
2023 ABC Scout Day	ON	09/13	Stade Gary-Carter
2023 Montreal Open ID	ON	09/13	Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard
2023 Ontario Nationals Scout Day	ON	09/16	Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
2023 Tecumseh/Riverside Scout Day	ON	09/20	Lacasse Park
2023 Markham Mariners Scout Day	ON	09/24	Cornell Park
2023 Barrie Scout Day	ON	09/25	Vintage Throne Stadium
2023 Midwestern Ontario BearCats Scout Day	ON	09/27	Lions Park
2023 North Toronto Scout Day	ON	10/01	Sentinel Park
2023 Ontario Royals Scout Day	ON	10/09	King's Christian Collegiate
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 1)	ON	10/21	Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon)
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 2)	ON	10/22	Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon)
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario)	ON	08/29	Ontario

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