On Wednesday, July 12th, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to Elite Sports Performance in Oswego, IL to host the ESP Scout Day, where 50+ players from the ESP program participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff. 

To see a full list of players that attended, click HERE. For all the statistics collected at this event, click HERE. 

Today, we're going to break down the takeaways from the event by diving deeper into all of the data we collected at the ESP Scout Day.

POSITIONAL TOOLS

TOP 30-TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	30-yd
1	Collin Severson	IL	Sycamore	2024	OF	3.75 s
2	Jaedon Martin	IL	Plainfield North	2024	OF	3.80 s
3	Hayden Bowman	IL	Oswego	2024		3.81 s
4	Noah Martinez	IL	Minooka	2025	LHP	3.89 s
5	Collin Gallione	IL	Naperville North	2024	OF	3.94 s
^	Jack Mackey	IL	Neuqua Valley	2028	1B	3.94 s
6	Thomas Harazin	IL	Oswego	2026	OF	3.98 s
7	Chase Lafin	IL	Oswego East	2027	C	4.02 s
^	Jeff Hernandez Jr.	IL	Oswego	2026	C	4.02 s
8	Ryan Lucas	IL	Waubonsie Valley	2026	SS	4.03 s
^	Cooper Matheny	IL	West Aurora	2025	SS	4.03 s
9	Darren Barnes	IL	Batavia	2025		4.04 s
^	Sebastian Westphal	IL	Yorkville	2024	2B	4.04 s
10	Dayton Ramiscal	IL	Metea Valley	2026	SS	4.05 s
^	Isaiah Wolter	IL	Oswego East	2028	C	4.05 s

MAX INF VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Sam Maglares	IL	Burlington Central	2026	2B	80
2	Sebastian Westphal	IL	Yorkville	2024	2B	79
3	Hayden Bowman	IL	Oswego	2024		78
^	Daniel McCauley	IL	Plainfield South	2024	1B	78
4	Ryan Yurisich	IL	Joliet Catholic	2025	1B	77
5	Tyler Czerak	IL	Joliet Catholic Academy	2025	LHP	76

MAX OF VELOCITY

MAX C VELOCITY

TOP POP-TIMES

TRACKMAN

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 data.

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & AVERAGE SPIN RATE

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 CURVEBALL & SLIDER SPIN RATE

AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

MAX EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)

MAX DISTANCE (HITTING)

BLAST MOTION

With the help of our Blast Motion sensors, we're analyzing the swing metrics measured at this open showcase.

HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

BAT SPEED (AVERAGE)

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.

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