Northern Wisconsin Rising Stars ID: Stat Story & Player Analysis
October 30, 2024
On October 20th, Prep Baseball Wisconsin traveled to Impact Sports Academy in De Pere, WI, for the Northern Wisconsin Rising Stars ID. The event featured a mix of players in the 2028-2029 classes, allowing our staff to get a look at them before their high school careers begin.
Below are the day’s top performers, broken down by position players and pitchers, as well as a scouting report on every player. To see a list of those that attended, click here. For all of the statistics from this event, click here.
TOP 60-TIMES
MAX INF VELOCITY
MAX C VELOCITY
TOP POP-TIMES
TRACKMAN
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.
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & AVERAGE SPIN RATE
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 CURVEBALL & SLIDER SPIN RATE
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
MAX & AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (HITTING)
MAX DISTANCE (HITTING)
SWEET SPOT % (HITTING)
Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees. Sweet spot percentage can be used in concert with hard-hit rate -- the percentage of a player's batted balls that have an exit velocity of 90 mph or higher. Per MLB glossary.
All Prospects (Listed Alphabetically)
Bentley Henrickson, Manitowoc Lincoln (WI), 2029
Positional Profile: C/3B
Body: 5-7, 135-pounds. Well proportioned, athletic, present strength with more fill coming.
Hit: RHH. RH: Stock set up, short toe tap back, gets into strong hitting position on time. LH: Stock set up with centered hands, gets loaded into strong hitting position and uses leverage well into back leg. RH: Well sequenced with lower half starting the swing, downhill, backspins the ball through the middle of the field, ball jumps, has feel for the barrel. LH: Handsy, feel for the barrel, can square the baseball up to all fields, will drive it once adds strength from both sides of the plate.
Power: 77 max exit velocity, averaged 69.8 mph. 236’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 64.00 mph. Low 3/4 slot, short, compact arm action.
Defense: 2.19-2.34 pop times. Sound blocker, quick out of the crouch.
Run: 8.48 runner in the 60.
Quinn McCartan, Marquette University (WI), 2029
Positional Profile: SS/2B
Body: 5-0, 90-pounds. Athletic build, long levers, high waist, projectable.
Hit: RHH. Stock set up, hands get loaded into strong hitting position as stride gets to center on time. Handsy and direct path, inside hand path, backspins the baseball through the big part of the field.
Power: 65 max exit velocity, averaged 59.7 mph. 200’ max distance.
Arm: RH. INF - 73.00 mph. 3/4 slot, quick arm.
Defense: Two hand gather, shuffle step towards the target, aggressive, confident hands, confident demeanor.
Run: 8.31 runner in the 60.
Sirr Muckerheide, Manitowoc Lincoln (WI), 2030
Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 4-10, 95-pounds. Compact frame, has plenty of room to add, athletic build, projectable.
Hit: SH. Rhythmic, toe tap back into strong hitting position on time, uses the ground well with leverage. Short and direct, well sequence, tight rotation, good extension through the ball, has feel for the barrel.
Power: 64 max exit velocity, averaged 57.8 mph. 183’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - mph. INF - 56.00 mph. OF - mph. 3/4 slot with arm quickness, accurate.
Defense: pop times. Quality actions and feet work through the baseball, good rhythm and clock.
Run: 8.98 runner in the 60.
Delivery: Stretch only, high leg kick, works in-line to the plate.
Arm Action: RH. Clean, full arm action 3/4 slot.
FB: T59, 57-59 mph. Straight, strikes. T1477, 1321 average rpm.
CB: 50-53 mph. 11/5 action, developing feel. T1795, 1618 average rpm.
CH: 52-54 mph. Same window as the fastball, bore. T1372, 1287 average rpm.