Prep Baseball Report

Senior Future Games Pitcher Data Dive: Team Heartland


By: Illinois Staff

From Tuesday, July 21 to Wedensday, July 22nd Prep Baseball hosted the 2026 Senior Future Games. The best uncommitted talent from the Class of 2027 all met at LakePoint Sports on this day to ignite the start of this special event, as position players were guided through this pro-style workout in front of a sea of nearly 500 college coaches.

In this post, we’ll share with you the stat leaders from our Senior Future Games pitchers with leaderboards precisely collected by our state-of-the-art tech partners at TrackMan.

Jump to: Fastball · Curveball · Slider · Changeup


FASTBALL

VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP 96.6 mph
2 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF 92.3 mph
3 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 91.5 mph
4 Maxwell Lubenow WI Madison West 2027 RHP 90.8 mph
5 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 90.8 mph
6 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 90.7 mph
7 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 89.5 mph
8 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 88.9 mph
9 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 88.7 mph
10 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 87.8 mph

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF 2506 rpm
2 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 2489 rpm
3 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP 2394 rpm
4 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 2345 rpm
5 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 2333 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 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 18.7 in
2 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 18.5 in
3 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 17.0 in
4 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 16.2 in
5 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 15.9 in
6 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP 15.8 in
7 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 13.5 in
8 Maxwell Lubenow WI Madison West 2027 RHP 13.5 in
9 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF 13.1 in
10 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 13.0 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 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.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 16.1
2 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 14.3
3 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 14.2
4 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 14.2
5 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP 11.1

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%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 68 %
2 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 66 %
^ Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 66 %
3 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 62 %
4 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 58 %
5 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 57 %

Average MLB pitchers throw 62% strikes, and better pitchers throw strikes 65% of the time, or roughly 2:1 strikes to balls.


CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 2401 rpm
2 Maxwell Lubenow WI Madison West 2027 RHP 2331 rpm
3 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 2297 rpm
4 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 2150 rpm
5 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 2138 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP -12.0 in
2 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP -10.5 in
3 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP -6.6 in
4 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP -2.3 in
5 Maxwell Lubenow WI Madison West 2027 RHP -1.5 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP -14.5
2 Maxwell Lubenow WI Madison West 2027 RHP -9.8
3 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP -7.3
4 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP -7.1
5 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP -7.0

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 50 %
2 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 37 %
3 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 33 %
^ Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 33 %


SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 2790
2 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP 2617
3 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 2551
4 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF 2536
5 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 2529

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B -7.3 in
2 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP -5.0 in
3 Grayson Waters IL Oak Park-River Forest 2027 LHP -4.5 in
4 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF -2.5 in
5 Charley Spour IL St. Anthony 2027 RHP -1.8 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP -15.9
2 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP -12.9
3 Grayson Waters IL Oak Park-River Forest 2027 LHP 12.7
4 Easton DeBernardi IL Marquette Academy 2027 OF -11.2
5 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP -11.0

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 75 %
2 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 66 %
^ Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 66 %
^ Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 66 %
3 Grayson Waters IL Oak Park-River Forest 2027 LHP 54 %


CHANGEUP

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 2215 rpm
2 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 1919 rpm
3 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 1867 rpm
4 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 1848 rpm
5 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 1788 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 7.7 in
2 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 6.3 in
3 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 5.9 in
4 Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 5.3 in
5 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 4.5 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Derrik Beckstrand WI Elkhorn 2027 RHP 18.6
2 Mason Rychetsky IL Kennedy 2027 RHP 17.5
3 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 16.6
4 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 16.5
5 Maddux Hermus WI Kimberly 2027 RHP 12.9

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank Name State School Class Pos Zone %
1 Hunter Buchan WI Muskego 2027 RHP 100 %
^ Parker Broehm WI Bay Port 2027 RHP 100 %
2 Trevor McClure IL Mount Vernon 2027 RHP 75 %
3 Keegan Schwarting IL Joliet West 2027 RHP 66 %
4 Johnny Louise IL Montini Catholic 2027 3B 50 %


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