On Feb. 27, PBR Wisconsin hosted its first annual Green Bay Preseason ID at the brand new Impact Sports Academy in De Pere, Wis. Nearly 100 players made it out to this event, providing us with updated looks and a new list of prospects to follow in an area of Wisconsin that’s begun to produce more and more next-level talent.

Earlier this week we published Quick Hits highlighting the top prospects of the event by class. We also rolled out a Statistical Analysis pointing out the top recorded stats by category.

Now we'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch metric data.

MAX FASTBALL & PEAK SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	TJ Hauser	WI	Appleton East	2023	RHP	89.0 mph
2	Benje Hencke	WI	West De Pere	2023	3B	87.8 mph
3	Cole Bensen	WI	Bay Port	2023	RHP	87.0 mph
4	Avery Duncan	WI	NOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY	2024	RHP	85.9 mph
5	Austin Grube	WI	Chilton	2023	SS	84.5 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Keagan Wheeler	WI	Bay Port	2025	RHP	2337 rpm
2	Easton Arendt	WI	De Pere	2024	OF	2277 rpm
3	Bon LaChance	MI	Escanaba Area	2024	1B	2262 rpm
4	AJ Price	WI	Neenah	2024	LHP	2220 rpm
5	Brayden Steinbecker	WI	Manitowoc Lincoln	2025	SS	2173 rpm
6	Avery Duncan	WI	NOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY	2024	RHP	2156 rpm

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

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.

Average Fastball Horizontal Movement

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.”

Average Slider Spin Rate

Average Curveball Spin Rate

Average Changeup Horizontal Movement

Average Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Exit Speed: Also according to TrackMan’s own website: “The speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.”

Peak Exit Velocity (Hitting)

Peak Estimated Batted Distance (Hitting)

For a complete look at each of the statistics measured at this showcase, CLICK HERE.

RELATED CONTENT