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Trackman Files (Pitching): 2026 Baton Rouge Rising Stars I.D.

January 16, 2026
Alex Armand
Louisiana Scouting Director

Zachary, LA - On Sunday, January 11, 2026, the Prep Baseball Louisiana staff traveled the Zachary Youth Park to host our third rising stars event of the new year with our Baton Rouge Rising Stars ID, which featured players from the state's 2030-2031 classes.  Each participant went through a pro-style workout that consisted of running a laser-timed 60 yard dash using Vald Performance, defensive evaluations, and batting practice using Trackman Baseball.  Each pitcher threw a bullpen with Trackman Baseball running to receive all of their pitching data and metrics.  Below, we take a look at the top Trackman pitching metrics from Sunday's event.  

*VIEW ALL EVENT STATS FROM THE 2026 BATON ROUGE RISING STARS ID HERE. 

MAX FASTBALL & AVERAGE SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 79.3 mph
2 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF 70.4 mph
3 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP 68.6 mph
4 Miller Sevier LA C.E. Byrd 2030 2B 66.0 mph
5 Bronson Parson LA Holy Cross 2031 SS 66.0 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF 1903 rpm
2 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 1895 rpm
3 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP 1685 rpm
4 Bronson Parson LA Holy Cross 2031 SS 1674 rpm
5 Camden Chemin LA Live Oak 2030 3B 1619 rpm

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

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Bronson Parson LA Holy Cross 2031 SS 18.7
2 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 15.4
3 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF -11.0
4 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP -9.2
5 Camden Chemin LA Live Oak 2030 3B 4.2

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 FASTBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP 20.6 in
2 Miller Sevier LA C.E. Byrd 2030 2B 18.0 in
3 Camden Chemin LA Live Oak 2030 3B 17.4 in
4 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF 15.1 in
5 Bronson Parson LA Holy Cross 2031 SS 14.9 in

Induced Vertical Break: IVB simply means the pitch is "breaking" upward from the average level a pitch falls from release to home plate.  The higher the number, the more "rise" the pitch has compared to average. 

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 2137
2 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF 2066
3 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP 1820

Spin Rate: The metric calculates how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, reported in the number of times the pitched ball would spin per minute (“revolutions per minute” or “rpm”).

 

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 2296 rpm
2 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF 2060 rpm
3 Watts Pourciau LA Parkview Baptist 2031 LHP 1752 rpm
4 Camden Chemin LA Live Oak 2030 3B 1597 rpm
5 Miller Sevier LA C.E. Byrd 2030 2B 1583 rpm

Spin Rate: The metric calculates how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, reported in the number of times the pitched ball would spin per minute (“revolutions per minute” or “rpm”).

 

AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Bronson Parson LA Holy Cross 2031 SS 24.5
2 Brody Stevens LA Central 2030 C 15.2
3 Austin Percival III LA Dunham 2031 OF -5.9
4 Camden Chemin LA Live Oak 2030 3B 2.9

Horizontal Break: This metric measures the distance, 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.

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