On Monday, February 19th, Prep Baseball Washington staff hosted the Pacific Northwest Preseason ID at NW Athletic Center in Vancouver, WA. Featuring prospects in the 2024-2027 classes, over 40 players from Washington, Oregon, and Montana participated in this pro-style workout. The event included unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art technology partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball Washington staff.

Preseason ID events serve as an important tool for both PBR scouts and college recruiters, who will subsequently create lists of prospects to follow as they plan their spring coverage. We also tend to see prospects’ best performances in the preseason, as most athletes are fresh and coming off of strict and targeted off-season training programs that have resulted in big gains, primed for updating their Prep Baseball profile. Exceptional performances lend the opportunity to secure invitations to some of the summer's biggest invite-only events, including Top Prospect Games, Prep Baseball Future Games, and more.

Earlier this week, we published our Statistical Analysis, where we broke down the stat leaders from the more traditional categories, and our Positional Data Dive, where we unpacked the more complex positional player data. Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the pitching data, collected via Trackman. All listed stats are also recorded and made available on individual player profiles.

DATA DIVE - TRACKMAN PITCHING

Pacific Northwest Preseason ID

PEAK FB VELOCITY

EFFECTIVE FB VELOCITY AVG

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its 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 FB SPIN RATE

AVG FB SPIN RATE

AVG INDUCED VERTICAL MOVEMENT

AVG HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

CB VELOCITY

PEAK CB SPIN RATE

AVG CB SPIN RATE

SL VELOCITY

PEAK SL SPIN RATE

AVG SL SPIN RATE

CH VELOCITY

AVG CH SPIN RATE

CH HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

 + CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.