Toronto Fall Open ID: Pitching Data Dive
October 4, 2023
Earlier this week, the PBR Ontario staff hosted the annual Toronto Fall Open ID over two days at Connorvale Park in Etobicoke, Ontario. This event featured over 105 players from the across the province in the 2024 - 2027 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, as well as collect updated metrics via our tech partners TrackMan and Swift Performance.
Earlier this week, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis. Now, 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:
For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.
FASTBALL
MAX VELOCITY (MPH)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 84.7 mph |
2 | Nolan Bigras | ON | M.M. Robinson HS | 2025 | RHP | 84.6 mph |
3 | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | 83.9 mph |
4 | Simon Coutts | ON | Royal St. Georges College | 2024 | OF | 83.5 mph |
5 | Dylan Duguay | ON | north toronto | 2025 | OF | 82.7 mph |
6 | Markus Henry | ON | Henry Street | 2024 | 3B | 81.1 mph |
7 | Derek Riesberry | ON | Notre Dame | 2024 | RHP | 80.6 mph |
8 | Daniel Zayas | ON | Cardinal Carter | 2025 | RHP | 80.5 mph |
9 | Griffin Dyck | ON | Kingsville District | 2025 | 3B | 80.4 mph |
10 | Jaden Korpan | ON | Ajax | 2024 | RHP | 80.1 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 | Griffin Dyck | ON | Kingsville District | 2025 | 3B | 2333 rpm |
2 | Dario Ianniello | ON | St Francis Xavier | 2026 | RHP | 2287 rpm |
3 | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 2252 rpm |
4 | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | 2227 rpm |
5 | Simon Coutts | ON | Royal St. Georges College | 2024 | OF | 2216 rpm |
6 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 2210 rpm |
7 | Matthew Clarke | ON | Mowat Collegiate | 2025 | LHP | 2203 rpm |
8 | Markus Henry | ON | Henry Street | 2024 | 3B | 2196 rpm |
9 | Sean Parkinson | ON | Sir John A Macdonald | 2025 | OF | 2192 rpm |
10 | AJ Dubeau | ON | Macdonald Cartier | 2025 | SS | 2161 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 | Matthew Clarke | ON | Mowat Collegiate | 2025 | LHP | 22.6 in |
2 | Alessandro Zayas | ON | cardinal carter catholic | 2027 | 3B | 21.6 in |
3 | Ryan Schell | ON | Stouffville District | 2025 | RHP | 20.7 in |
4 | Dario Ianniello | ON | St Francis Xavier | 2026 | RHP | 20.6 in |
5 | Nicholas Connell | ON | I.E. Weldon | 2025 | SS | 20.3 in |
6 | Evan Bosch | ON | St. Thomas Aquinas | 2026 | LHP | 20.1 in |
7 | Tyler Garrity | ON | North Toronto | 2026 | OF | 20.1 in |
8 | Neil Scodellaro | ON | St. Joan of Arc | 2024 | RHP | 19.5 in |
9 | Jeevan Bagri | ON | St. Roch Catholic | 2024 | OF | 19.1 in |
10 | Nathan Innes | ON | Neil McNeil | 2025 | LHP | 18.6 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 | Sean Bhatnagar | ON | Abbey Park | 2025 | SS | 18.8 |
2 | Derek Riesberry | ON | Notre Dame | 2024 | RHP | 17.8 |
3 | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 15.3 |
4 | Markus Henry | ON | Henry Street | 2024 | 3B | 14.9 |
5 | Dario Ianniello | ON | St Francis Xavier | 2026 | RHP | 14.3 |
6 | Jagan Chanderdat | ON | Saunders | 2024 | SS | 14.2 |
7 | Clark Heimbecker | ON | Our Lady of Lourdes | 2026 | 2B | 14.2 |
8 | Nicholas Connell | ON | I.E. Weldon | 2025 | SS | 14.0 |
9 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 12.6 |
10 | Joel Gotthelf | ON | Nottawasaga Pines | 2027 | 3B | 12.1 |
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 | Griffin Dyck | ON | Kingsville District | 2025 | 3B | 87 % |
2 | Noah Couto | ON | Christ The King | 2025 | 2B | 75 % |
^ | Joel Gotthelf | ON | Nottawasaga Pines | 2027 | 3B | 75 % |
3 | Nicholas Connell | ON | I.E. Weldon | 2025 | SS | 71 % |
^ | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | 71 % |
4 | Ryan Schell | ON | Stouffville District | 2025 | RHP | 66 % |
5 | Tyler Garrity | ON | North Toronto | 2026 | OF | 62 % |
^ | Jonah Javier | ON | St. Mary Catholic | 2026 | SS | 62 % |
^ | Clark Heimbecker | ON | Our Lady of Lourdes | 2026 | 2B | 62 % |
6 | Ko Abe | ON | Leaside | 2026 | 3B | 60 % |
^ | Derek Riesberry | ON | Notre Dame | 2024 | RHP | 60 % |
CURVEBALL
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Daniel Zayas | ON | Cardinal Carter | 2025 | RHP | 2502 rpm |
2 | Dylan Duguay | ON | north toronto | 2025 | OF | 2437 rpm |
3 | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 2386 rpm |
4 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 2200 rpm |
5 | Simon Coutts | ON | Royal St. Georges College | 2024 | OF | 2089 rpm |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | -10.8 in |
2 | Alessandro Zayas | ON | cardinal carter catholic | 2027 | 3B | -10.5 in |
3 | Nicholas Connell | ON | I.E. Weldon | 2025 | SS | -8.9 in |
4 | Daniel Zayas | ON | Cardinal Carter | 2025 | RHP | -8.3 in |
5 | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | -7.6 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Tanner Wiens | ON | A.N. Myer | 2027 | RHP | -15.6 |
2 | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | -14.4 |
3 | Ioannis (Yanni) Fourkiotis | ON | All Saints Catholic | 2026 | 3B | -14.3 |
4 | Dylan Duguay | ON | north toronto | 2025 | OF | -13.3 |
5 | Richard Marshall | ON | ASAD/Brooklin | 2027 | RHP | -12.8 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Jaden Korpan | ON | Ajax | 2024 | RHP | 66 % |
^ | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | 66 % |
2 | Logan Covemaeker | ON | MTS HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | 50 % |
^ | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | 50 % |
^ | Markus Henry | ON | Henry Street | 2024 | 3B | 50 % |
^ | Dario Ianniello | ON | St Francis Xavier | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
SLIDER
SPIN RATE (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
1 | Daniel Zayas | ON | Cardinal Carter | 2025 | RHP | 2520 |
2 | Griffin Dyck | ON | Kingsville District | 2025 | 3B | 2351 |
3 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 2310 |
4 | Derek Riesberry | ON | Notre Dame | 2024 | RHP | 2255 |
5 | Logan Dawe | ON | A.B. Lucas | 2026 | 2B | 2156 |
INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | IVB (avg) |
1 | Miller Smith | ON | St. Roch | 2026 | RHP | 8.4 in |
2 | Jaden Korpan | ON | Ajax | 2024 | RHP | 7.5 in |
3 | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | -6.8 in |
4 | Matthew Clarke | ON | Mowat Collegiate | 2025 | LHP | 6.6 in |
5 | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | -6.4 in |
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | -16.9 |
2 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | -15.7 |
3 | Ioannis (Yanni) Fourkiotis | ON | All Saints Catholic | 2026 | 3B | -15.1 |
4 | Tanner Wiens | ON | A.N. Myer | 2027 | RHP | -14.0 |
5 | Daniel Zayas | ON | Cardinal Carter | 2025 | RHP | -13.6 |
STRIKE ZONE %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Anthony James Caldwell | ON | Waterdown District | 2025 | RHP | 100 % |
^ | Tanner Wiens | ON | A.N. Myer | 2027 | RHP | 100 % |
2 | Benjamin Harris | ON | Waterdown | 2025 | RHP | 80 % |
3 | Logan Dawe | ON | A.B. Lucas | 2026 | 2B | 66 % |
^ | Jonah Javier | ON | St. Mary Catholic | 2026 | SS | 66 % |
CHANGEUP
HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Markus Henry | ON | Henry Street | 2024 | 3B | 21.1 |
2 | Aaron Dyke | ON | Parkside Collegiate | 2026 | RHP | 17.5 |
3 | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 16.4 |
4 | Logan Covemaeker | ON | MTS HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | -15.3 |
5 | Logan Dawe | ON | A.B. Lucas | 2026 | 2B | 14.5 |
STRIKE ZONE RATE%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Zone % |
1 | Tanner Wiens | ON | A.N. Myer | 2027 | RHP | 100 % |
2 | Charlie Renco | ON | Monsignor Doyle | 2024 | 2B | 66 % |
^ | Kolton Bergeron | ON | Banting | 2026 | RHP | 66 % |
^ | Dario Ianniello | ON | St Francis Xavier | 2026 | RHP | 66 % |
^ | Nolan Kong | ON | St Brother Andre | 2024 | LHP | 66 % |
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
2023 Ontario Freshman Free I | ON | 10/05 | Dan Lang Field |
2023 Ontario Freshman Free II | ON | 10/06 | Dan Lang Field |
2023 Ontario Royals Scout Day | ON | 10/09 | King's Christian Collegiate |
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 1) | ON | 10/21 | Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon) |
2023 Saskatchewan Freshman Free | ON | 10/21 | Gordie Howe Sports Complex |
2023 Going Yard Academy Scout Day | ON | 10/22 | Gordie Howe Sports Complex |
2023 Sudbury Voyageurs Scout Day | ON | 11/04 | The Baseball Academy |
2023 Bullettproof Scout Day | ON | 11/19 | BP Sports Park |
2024 Terriers Scout Day | ON | 04/24 | King's Christian Collegiate |
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) | ON | 08/29 | Ontario |
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