Campbell Summer ID: Data Dive Pitchers
July 27, 2026
2026 Summer ID: Campbell - Leaderboards, Notes & Analysis
The 2026 Summer ID: Campbell continued Prep Baseball North Carolina's summer showcase schedule as players from the 2026-2029 grad classes gathered on Wednesday, July 1st at Campbell University for a complete pro-style evaluation. Designed to provide updated player profiles while identifying talent for future state, regional, and national events, the Summer ID gave players an opportunity to showcase their skills in front of the Prep Baseball scouting staff while collecting a full slate of advanced metrics and analytics.
The day began with offensive evaluations as hitters completed multiple rounds of batting practice. TrackMan technology captured batted ball data and ball flight metrics while BLAST Motion recorded detailed swing analytics, providing players and scouts with valuable insight into offensive performance. Throughout the workout, players also had the opportunity to complete Vizual Edge testing, a visual performance assessment similar to the vision testing professional organizations administer to prospects during the Major League Baseball Draft process.
Following batting practice, players worked through defensive evaluations from their primary positions, allowing the Prep Baseball scouting staff to evaluate athleticism, footwork, hands, arm strength, exchanges, and overall defensive actions. Running evaluations followed using VALD Athletics laser timing technology, recording both 10-yard and 30-yard split times along with each player's full 60-yard dash.
The event concluded with controlled bullpen sessions for pitchers and catchers. Utilizing TrackMan technology, Prep Baseball collected advanced pitch metrics, movement profiles, velocity data, and arsenal information while video captured each bullpen for inclusion in player profiles.
The Summer ID series remains a key part of the Prep Baseball evaluation process, allowing players to update their profiles with verified statistics, advanced analytics, video, and scouting reports while helping identify prospects for future marquee events throughout the Prep Baseball network.
Over the coming days, Prep Baseball NC will release statistical leaderboards, scouting notes, and player reports highlighting the top performers from the Campbell Summer ID.
More information, including the full roster and event statistics, can be found here:
DATA DIVE: PITCHERS - CAMPBELL SUMMER ID
FASTBALL
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
HIGHEST AVG. SPIN RATE
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.
HIGHEST AVG. IVB
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, and it’s also important to consider the pitch’s velocity as well as its release height when evaluating IVB measurements against each other.
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.”
HIGHEST STRIKE ZONE RATE%
For some context, in 2023 MLB pitchers averaged an In Zone% of around 49 percent in live game settings measured across all pitch types, according to Statcast.
CURVEBALL
HIGHEST AVG. SPIN RATE
HIGHEST AVG. IVB
HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
SLIDER
HIGHEST AVG. SPIN RATE
HIGHEST AVG. IVB
HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
CHANGEUP
HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
HIGHEST AVG. IVB
HIGHEST STRIKE ZONE RATE%
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