The PBR IA Juco Scout Day- DMACC event took place Wednesday, September 6th, 2023. The event was held at DMACC Field in Iowa Boone, IA.

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We’re continuing our post-event analysis by examining the data measured by our TrackMan units. The technology is able to capture information that’s difficult to capture by the naked eye, like pitch-by-pitch metrics and batted-ball data. We’ll explain more below:

TRACKMAN PITCHING LEADERBOARD

                    

FASTBALL STATS

        

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.

 

Peak Velocity

Average Effective Velocity

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, it release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement.  With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.

 

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	School	HS Grad Year	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Konner Entz	Des Moines Area CC	2023	3B	2452 rpm
2	Thomas Leiden	Creighton Prep	2022	LHP	2374 rpm
3	Jai Jensen	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2345 rpm
4	Bobby Uthe	Des Moines Area CC	2023	RHP	2335 rpm
5	JC Dermody	Des Moines Area CC	2022	LHP	2332 rpm
6	Jackson Horras	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2319 rpm
7	Ty Madison	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2296 rpm
8	Vince Mauro	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2288 rpm
9	Jacob Sjuts	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2248 rpm
10	Jake Porter	Des Moines Area CC	2022	LHP	2248 rpm
11	Brennan Haman	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2230 rpm
12	Eli Lehrman	Des Moines Area CC	2022	LHP	2215 rpm
13	Thomas King	Des Moines Area CC	2021	LHP	2214 rpm
14	Chance Key	Des Moines Area CC	2022	LHP	2163 rpm
15	Tyson Hilsabeck	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2149 rpm
16	Jackie Smith	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2118 rpm
17	Camden Kaufman	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	2107 rpm
18	Zach Kain	Des Moines Area CC	2021	LHP	2104 rpm
19	Kaleb Gengler	Des Moines Area CC	2022	LHP	2048 rpm
20	Carter Woollums	Des Moines Area CC	2023	RHP	2013 rpm
21	Alex Berends	Des Moines Area CC	2022	RHP	1774 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Average Induced Vertical Movement

Average 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.”

Max Spin Score

 

CURVEBALL STATS

Peak Spin Rate

 

Average Spin Rate

 

Average Induced Vertical Break

 

Average Horizontal Break

 

Max Spin Score

 

SLIDER STATS

Peak Spin Rate

 

Average Spin Rate

 

Average Induced Vertical Break

 

Average Horizontal Break