Pirates Scout Day: Pitching Leaderboard
February 23, 2023
On Saturday, February 18th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to Fenton, MO, to host the Pirates Scout Day with the St. Louis Pirates organization. Roughly 30 players representing the 2023-to-2026 grad classes from both Illinois and Missouri participated in a pro-style workout, collecting up-to-date statistics and advanced data with the help of our unrivaled tech partners.
To see the players that attended this event, click HERE.
Shortly after the event’s conclusion, our staff posted a ‘Stat Story’ that highlighted some of the event’s stat leaders in our traditional categories, like the 60-yard dash, throwing velocities, and more. You can find that by clicking HERE.
We then compiled our notes and digested the day as a whole within our 'Quick Hits', where we highlighted over 30 names that impressed our staff. Those nuggets can be found HERE.
Earlier today our staff put together our 'Hitting Leaderboard' from this event, identifying several batted ball standouts with the help of our partners at TrackMan. We'll turn our attention back to the data now but on the pitching side instead, diving deeper into which arms spun the baseball at the highest rate at this event.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 86.7 mph |
2 | Bryce Lemp | IL | Collinsville | 2024 | OF | 85.0 mph |
3 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 84.1 mph |
4 | Alex Tame | IL | O'Fallon | 2024 | RHP | 83.7 mph |
5 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 81.2 mph |
PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 2387 rpm |
2 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 2210 rpm |
3 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 2151 rpm |
AVERAGE FASTBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 2343 rpm |
2 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 2185 rpm |
3 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 2081 rpm |
PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Paxson Schnieders | MO | Mehlville | 2026 | RHP | 2407 rpm |
2 | Alex Tame | IL | O'Fallon | 2024 | RHP | 2293 rpm |
3 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 2276 rpm |
4 | Ethan Griffith | MO | Liberty - Wentzville | 2025 | SS | 2249 rpm |
AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Paxson Schnieders | MO | Mehlville | 2026 | RHP | 2316 rpm |
2 | Alex Tame | IL | O'Fallon | 2024 | RHP | 2204 rpm |
3 | Ethan Griffith | MO | Liberty - Wentzville | 2025 | SS | 2191 rpm |
PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Paxson Schnieders | MO | Mehlville | 2026 | RHP | 2499 rpm |
2 | Bryce Lemp | IL | Collinsville | 2024 | OF | 2244 rpm |
3 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 2160 rpm |
AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Paxson Schnieders | MO | Mehlville | 2026 | RHP | 2467 |
2 | Bryce Lemp | IL | Collinsville | 2024 | OF | 2140 |
3 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 2096 |
MAX CHANGEUP MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
1 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 21.3 in |
2 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 19.2 in |
3 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 18.8 in |
4 | Bryce Lemp | IL | Collinsville | 2024 | OF | -17.3 in |
5 | Nolan Nester | MO | St. Louis University | 2024 | RHP | 17.1 in |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Devin Coulter | MO | Westminster Christian Academy | 2024 | RHP | 18.2 |
2 | CJ Lake | MO | Oakville | 2026 | RHP | 17.7 |
3 | Michael Sievers | MO | Christian Brothers College | 2025 | RHP | 17.5 |
4 | Nolan Nester | MO | St. Louis University | 2024 | RHP | 15.8 |
5 | Bruce Portell | IL | Maryville Christian High School | 2026 | 3B | 15.2 |
For a look at all the statistics collected at this event, click HERE.
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