This past Saturday/Sunday, Prep Baseball Hawaii hosted the Hawaii State Games held at Pearl City High School, featuring a ton of high quality prospects from all over the state.

This event featured nearly 110 prospects from the 2026-2029 classes and served as a valuable opportunity for Hawaii’s rising talent to showcase their abilities at the 2025 Hawaii State Games. Not only did players go through a full pro-style workout and compete in live gameplay, but they also performed in front of our staff and college coaches in attendance. Each prospect received verified stats and video footage added to their player profiles—giving them a strong boost in exposure as they head into an important stage of their high school careers.

Over the next few days, we'll be rolling out post-event coverage highlighting top performers, stat leaders, and more. Stay locked in on our social channels for video highlights, leaderboards, and continued content from the event.

Yesterday, we took a look at some of the top overall data and performances from the Hawaii State Games with our Statistical Analysis story. Today, we will take a look at some of the top TrackMan Pitching metrics from the live games last Sunday within our Pitching Data Dive article.

For complete event results, click here.
To view Hawaii's Class of 2025 Commitment Board, click here.

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FASTBALL

MAX VELOCITY (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 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.)

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%

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
Senior Future Games (Class of 2026)	NATIONAL	07/22	LakePoint Sports
Future Games (Class of 2027)	NATIONAL	07/23	LakePoint Sports
Junior Future Games (Class of 2029/30)	NATIONAL	07/24	LakePoint Sports
2025 West Coast Super Sophomore Games (Invite-Only)	HI	09/26	University of Oregon / Bushnell University

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