On Mar. 12, the PBR Wisconsin staff hosted the Madison Preseason ID at GRB Academy in Windsor, WI. This event featured around 150, 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	Nate Langbehn	WI	DC Everest	2024	RHP	91.7 mph
2	Jack DeTienne	WI	Verona Area	2024	RHP	91.3 mph
3	Craig Kabat	WI	Bay Port	2024	RHP	90.4 mph
4	Wyatt Rushing	WI	Elkhorn	2024	RHP	89.7 mph
5	Noah Latham-Woodruff	WI	Madison Memorial	2024	OF	89.3 mph
6	Carter Kutz	WI	Hartford Union	2025	C	88.8 mph
7	Sawyer Deering	WI	Kimberly	2025	RHP	88.1 mph
8	Alex Vander Loop	WI	Kimberly	2024	RHP	87.4 mph
9	Alex Kronfeld	WI	Holmen	2024	RHP	87.3 mph
10	Dominic Malich	WI	Waunakee	2025	RHP	86.1 mph
11	Jaxon Clayton	WI	Brookfield Central	2025	SS	86.0 mph
12	Garrett Shupe	WI	Mosinee	2024	RHP	85.6 mph
13	Ryan Sopha	WI	Pewaukee	2024	RHP	85.3 mph
14	Calvin Moreau	WI	Monona Grove	2026	SS	84.6 mph
15	Ethan Stengel	WI	Edgerton	2024	OF	84.6 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	Anderson Hayes	WI	Oconomowoc	2024	RHP	2534 rpm
2	Dominic Malich	WI	Waunakee	2025	RHP	2391 rpm
3	Tate Robillard	WI	Kettle Moraine	2025	OF	2279 rpm
4	Noah Latham-Woodruff	WI	Madison Memorial	2024	OF	2253 rpm
5	Brolan Frost	WI	Elkhorn Area	2025	LHP	2244 rpm
6	Luke Baginski	WI	West Salem	2025	C	2234 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.)

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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