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Calgary Future Games Trials: Pitching Data Dive

March 11, 2026
Cameron Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Canada

On Friday, March 6th, the Prep Baseball Alberta staff hosted it's first of two Future Games Trials of the weekend with the Calgary Future Games Trials hosted at Duvernay Fieldhouse, home of the Okotoks Dawgs, in Okotoks, Alberta.

This event featured roughly 50 prospects in the 2026 - 2030 classes and it was a strong group of players, both on the positional and pitching side, competing for a spot on one of Canada's three teams heading to the Future Games in late July... The Canadian Future Games team (2028/2029 prospects), Senior Future Games team (2026/27 prospects) and the Junior Future Games team (2030). Players attending Future Games Trials events also qualify to be selected for other marquee events including West Coast Games (CA), West Coast Super Sophomore Games (OR) and more.

All player ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, as well as 30-yard sprints captured by VALD Performance and positional metrics. Over the next several days we'll be highlighting top performers from the event within our post-event analysis. Stay locked into our social media channels over the next several days as we continue to push out video, leaderboards and more.

Earlier this week, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis article. Now, we will take a further in-depth look at the top pitchers with the help of our tech partner, TrackMan Baseball, broken down by the categories down below:

For complete event results, click here.
To view Alberta's 2026 Commitment Board, click here.

To request an invite for the Calgary Spring Future Games Trials (May 12), click here.

FASTBALL

MAX VELOCITY (MPH)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Brydon White AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 RHP 89.9 mph
2 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF 89.2 mph
3 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 88.2 mph
4 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 88.0 mph
5 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 85.8 mph
6 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 85.8 mph
7 Riley Wolbeck AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 3B 84.6 mph
8 Rocky Schmidt AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 RHP 83.5 mph
9 Cade Calhoun AB Not listed 2027 RHP 81.8 mph
10 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 81.6 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 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 2392 rpm
2 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 2216 rpm
3 Riley Wolbeck AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 3B 2177 rpm
4 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 2145 rpm
5 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF 2138 rpm
6 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 2062 rpm
7 Rocky Schmidt AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 RHP 2034 rpm
8 Liam Ward AB Calgary Academy 2029 1B 2023 rpm
9 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 2021 rpm
10 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP 2020 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.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Desmond Savoie AB Western Canada High School 2029 3B 19.8 in
2 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP 18.7 in
3 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 18.1 in
4 Brady Oberg AB St. Francis Jr. High School 2029 OF 16.9 in
5 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 16.9 in
6 Rocky Schmidt AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 RHP 15.9 in
7 Riccardo Belicchi AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 15.9 in
8 Liam Ward AB Calgary Academy 2029 1B 15.8 in

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 efficiency. 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 the vertical approach angle.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Jack Hewlett AB Ecole Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School 2027 LHP -12.9
2 Brydon White AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 RHP 12.3
3 Rocky Schmidt AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 RHP 10.5
4 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP -9.8
5 Weston Brown AB Not Listed 2030 SS 9.6
6 Aslan Uygur AB Westmount Charter Mid-High School 2031 RHP 9.2
7 Nate Oberg AB Catholic Central High School Lethbridge, AB. 2027 OF 8.9
8 Colson Calhoun AB Not listed 2029 OF 7.6

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 %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 83 %
2 Brydon White AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 RHP 71 %
3 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 62 %
4 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 60 %
5 Tristan Optland AB Central Memorial 2028 RHP 55 %
^ Payne Olson AB Bowness High School 2029 OF 55 %
^ Jack Hewlett AB Ecole Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School 2027 LHP 55 %
6 Nolan Brown AB WH Croxford 2027 RHP 50 %
^ Cade Calhoun AB Not listed 2027 RHP 50 %
^ Rylan Borstmayer AB Memorial 2029 OF 50 %
^ Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 50 %

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 3044 rpm
2 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF 2351 rpm
3 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF 2132 rpm
4 Liam Ward AB Calgary Academy 2029 1B 2125 rpm
5 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 2010 rpm
6 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 2002 rpm
7 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 1998 rpm
8 Tristan Optland AB Central Memorial 2028 RHP 1966 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF -11.3 in
2 Aslan Uygur AB Westmount Charter Mid-High School 2031 RHP -10.8 in
3 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP -9.8 in
4 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF -9.6 in
5 Nate Oberg AB Catholic Central High School Lethbridge, AB. 2027 OF 8.6 in
6 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP -8.2 in
7 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP -7.4 in
8 Rocky Schmidt AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 RHP -6.8 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP -12.1
2 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF -10.0
3 Riccardo Belicchi AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF -9.3
4 Cade Calhoun AB Not listed 2027 RHP -8.5
5 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF -7.3
6 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 7.2
7 Weston Brown AB Not Listed 2030 SS -6.8
8 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP -6.0

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Riccardo Belicchi AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 100 %
^ Aslan Uygur AB Westmount Charter Mid-High School 2031 RHP 100 %
^ Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 100 %
2 Riley Wolbeck AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 3B 75 %
3 Nolan Brown AB WH Croxford 2027 RHP 66 %
^ Rylan Borstmayer AB Memorial 2029 OF 66 %
4 Cade Calhoun AB Not listed 2027 RHP 60 %
5 Weston Brown AB Not Listed 2030 SS 50 %
^ Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP 50 %
^ Nate Oberg AB Catholic Central High School Lethbridge, AB. 2027 OF 50 %
^ Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF 50 %

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 2369
2 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF 2367
3 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 2101
4 Brydon White AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 RHP 2040
5 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 1885

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF -9.5 in
2 Payne Olson AB Bowness High School 2029 OF -8.8 in
3 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP -6.6 in
4 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF -5.5 in
5 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 3.9 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Hayden Mayberry AB Centennial High School 2028 OF -8.3
2 Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF -7.6
3 Cooper Norsworthy AB Chinook High School 2027 RHP -7.4
4 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF -4.8
5 Payne Olson AB Bowness High School 2029 OF -3.8

STRIKE ZONE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 75 %
2 Brydon White AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 RHP 66 %
3 Kade Strandquist AB Wm E Hay Stettler Secondary Campus 2026 OF 50 %

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Ethan Renaud AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2028 OF 14.7
2 Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 14.4
3 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP -14.1
4 Jack Stevens AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 RHP 13.4
5 Riley Wolbeck AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 3B 12.5
6 Nolan Brown AB WH Croxford 2027 RHP 12.1
7 Emilio Flores AB Sir Winston Churchill Highschool 2028 OF 11.5
8 Jack Hewlett AB Ecole Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School 2027 LHP -11.3

STRIKE ZONE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Cade Calhoun AB Not listed 2027 RHP 100 %
^ Nate Oberg AB Catholic Central High School Lethbridge, AB. 2027 OF 100 %
2 Ben Greer AB Foothills Composite High School 2027 LHP 66 %
^ Jack Hewlett AB Ecole Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School 2027 LHP 66 %
3 Payne Olson AB Bowness High School 2029 OF 50 %
^ Kristjan Bachart AB Foothills Composite High School 2028 OF 50 %
^ Ryan Ziebart AB Catholic Central High School - Lethbridge 2027 3B 50 %
^ Ryder Farrer AB Notre Dame 2026 RHP 50 %

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