Top Prospect Games: Pitcher Data Dive
July 16, 2023
On Tuesday, July 11th, the PBR Wisconsin team hosted the Top Prospect Games at The Rock in Franklin, WI. featuring many of the top uncommitted players in the state’s 2024 and 2025 grad classes. As we begin to dissect the data and our own scouting reports recorded at this event, we’ll begin to publish our findings, including within stories like Quick Hits and our Statistical Analysis, featuring some of the most notable takeaways from the showcase.
This event will also help us fill out the remainder of the Team Wisconsin roster that we’ll be taking with us later this month to compete at the PBR Future Games down at Georgia’s LakePoint complex, featuring the top uncommitted players across the entire nation.
Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the top pitchers with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:
TRACKMAN
FASTBALL
VELOCITY (MAX)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Keagen Jirschele
WI
Mosinee
2024
SS
92.1 mph
2
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
90.4 mph
3
Wyatt Rushing
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
89.1 mph
4
Payten Jibben
WI
Oak Creek
2024
RHP
88.8 mph
5
Broden Jackson
WI
Milton
2024
RHP
88.2 mph
6
Alex Vander Loop
WI
Kimberly
2024
RHP
87.8 mph
7
Samuel Mommer
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
C
87.7 mph
8
Tanner Peterson
WI
Aquinas
2024
RHP
86.1 mph
9
Jack Roventini
WI
Arrowhead
2025
RHP
86.0 mph
10
Ben Verges
WI
Franklin
2025
LHP
85.8 mph
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Warren Bowe
WI
Cadott
2025
LHP
2335 rpm
2
Broden Jackson
WI
Milton
2024
RHP
2330 rpm
3
Brolan Frost
WI
Elkhorn Area High
2025
LHP
2328 rpm
4
Jack Roventini
WI
Arrowhead
2025
RHP
2317 rpm
5
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
2246 rpm
6
Easton Arendt
WI
De Pere
2024
OF
2187 rpm
7
Wyatt Rushing
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
2183 rpm
8
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
2176 rpm
9
Ian Dohms
WI
Menasha
2024
2B
2168 rpm
10
Keagen Jirschele
WI
Mosinee
2024
SS
2151 rpm
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.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Wyatt Rushing
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
17.3 in
2
Rory Dutton
WI
Kenosha Tremper
2024
OF
16.7 in
3
Warren Bowe
WI
Cadott
2025
LHP
16.3 in
4
Oliver Gonzalez
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
3B
15.5 in
5
Samuel Mommer
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
C
15.3 in
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.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Brolan Frost
WI
Elkhorn Area High
2025
LHP
-14.0
2
Broden Jackson
WI
Milton
2024
RHP
12.9
3
Brayden Schimmel
WI
Whitnall
2024
OF
12.1
4
Warren Bowe
WI
Cadott
2025
LHP
-11.9
5
Jakeb Lequia
WI
Chippewa Falls
2024
RHP
11.6
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%
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Zone %
1
Ty Rechner
WI
Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH)
2024
RHP
80 %
2
Bradyn Bezanson
WI
Hudson
2024
LHP
69 %
3
Jacob Lueptow
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
68 %
4
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
66 %
5
Broden Jackson
WI
Milton
2024
RHP
65 %
Average MLB pitchers throw 62% strikes, and better pitchers throw strikes 65% of the time, or roughly 2:1 strikes to balls.
CURVEBALL
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Oliver Gonzalez
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
3B
2558 rpm
2
Warren Bowe
WI
Cadott
2025
LHP
2486 rpm
3
Tanner Peterson
WI
Aquinas
2024
RHP
2434 rpm
4
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
2321 rpm
5
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
2298 rpm
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Oliver Gonzalez
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
3B
-15.1 in
2
Samuel Mommer
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
C
-14.4 in
3
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
-13.2 in
4
Sam Callow
WI
Indian Trail
2025
RHP
-11.6 in
5
Payten Jibben
WI
Oak Creek
2024
RHP
-10.3 in
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
-17.7
2
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
-14.4
3
Sam Callow
WI
Indian Trail
2025
RHP
-13.6
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Zone %
1
Jacob Lueptow
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
100 %
^
Brolan Frost
WI
Elkhorn Area High
2025
LHP
100 %
2
Samuel Mommer
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
C
57 %
3
Andrew Halser
WI
Marquette
2024
RHP
50 %
^
Bradyn Bezanson
WI
Hudson
2024
LHP
50 %
SLIDER
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Oliver Gonzalez
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
3B
2552
2
Alex Vander Loop
WI
Kimberly
2024
RHP
2423
3
Tyler Suttner
WI
Waukesha North
2024
RHP
2302
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Oliver Gonzalez
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
3B
-12.6 in
2
Broden Jackson
WI
Milton
2024
RHP
8.8 in
3
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
-8.4 in
4
Wyatt Rushing
WI
Elkhorn
2024
RHP
-7.7 in
5
Sam Hoeft
WI
Port Washington
2025
RHP
-6.5 in
6
Aben Beinlich
WI
Burlington
2024
SS
-5.6 in
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Kaden Russo
WI
Elk Mound
2024
RHP
-16.4
2
Aben Beinlich
WI
Burlington
2024
SS
-14.3
3
Jack Roventini
WI
Arrowhead
2025
RHP
-13.3
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Zone %
1
Samuel Mommer
WI
St. Thomas More
2024
C
75 %
2
Jackson Neilitz
WI
Plymouth
2025
OF
66 %
3
Austin Olla
WI
South Milwaukee
2024
RHP
60 %
CHANGEUP
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Brayden Schimmel
WI
Whitnall
2024
OF
16.6
2
Alex Vander Loop
WI
Kimberly
2024
RHP
14.5
3
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
14.5
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Zone %
1
Tanner Peterson
WI
Aquinas
2024
RHP
100 %
^
Payten Jibben
WI
Oak Creek
2024
RHP
100 %
2
Mason Sherman
WI
Waukesha West
2024
RHP
66 %
^
Ian Dohms
WI
Menasha
2024
2B
66 %
3
Bradyn Bezanson
WI
Hudson
2024
LHP
60 %
^
Alex Vander Loop
WI
Kimberly
2024
RHP
60 %
+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.
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