The PBR IA Juco Scout Day- Iowa Central CC event took place Thursday, August 31st, 2023. The event was held at the Harlan Rogers Complex in Fort Dodge, 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	Jordan La Tour	Iowa Central CC	2023	RHP	2653 rpm
2	Josh Kirchhoff	Iowa Central CC	2022	RHP	2591 rpm
3	Isaiah Byrkeland	Iowa Central CC	2021	LHP	2528 rpm
4	Braxton Shaffer	Iowa Central CC	2023	RHP	2474 rpm
5	Jake Busson	Iowa Central CC	2023	SS	2238 rpm
6	Hunter Frost	Iowa Central CC	2022	RHP	2236 rpm
7	Daiten Schmidt	Iowa Central CC	2022	RHP	2216 rpm
8	Ryan Ohm	Iowa Central CC	2023	RHP	2203 rpm
9	Ian Culver	Iowa Central CC	2022	RHP	2182 rpm
10	Zach Bates	Iowa Central CC	2023	LHP	2104 rpm
11	James Jefferson	Iowa Central CC	2021	RHP	1997 rpm
12	Easton Johnson	Iowa Central CC	2021	RHP	1925 rpm
13	Anthony Steinhoff	Iowa Central CC	2022	LHP	1813 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