Feb 25, the PBR Wisconsin staff hosted the Green Bay Preseason ID, at Impact Sports Academy in De Pere, WI. This event featured around 120 prospects, most of whom are Wisconsin natives, and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players in attendance.

Wednesday, we published our Quick Hits from the event. Thursday, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis. 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	Tavian Ramos	WI	Neenah	2024	RHP	91.1 mph
2	Avery Duncan	WI	Notre Dame De La Baie Academy	2024	RHP	89.9 mph
3	Brady Koester	WI	Kimberly	2024	LHP	89.1 mph
4	Brennen Grams	WI	Kimberly	2024	RHP	88.2 mph
5	Loren Georger	WI	Appleton West	2025	RHP	87.0 mph
6	Easton Arendt	WI	De Pere	2024	OF	86.7 mph
7	Parker Bleck	WI	Xavier	2024	RHP	86.5 mph
8	Matthew Hietpas	WI	Appleton North	2026	RHP	86.4 mph
9	Ethan Plog	WI	Bay Port	2024	LHP	86.0 mph
10	Drew Van Oss	WI	West De Pere	2024	OF	85.3 mph

 

Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

 

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.)

 

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 efficiencies. 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 vertical approach angle.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

 

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%

 

 

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CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

 

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

 

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

 

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

 

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SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

 

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

 

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

 

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

 

 

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CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

 

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

 

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

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