High Point Summer ID: Data Dive Pitchers
July 6, 2026
2026 Summer ID: High Point - Leaderboards, Notes & Analysis
The 2026 Summer ID: High Point continued Prep Baseball North Carolina's summer showcase series, providing players with an opportunity to update their profiles while positioning themselves for future state, regional, and national events. Hosted on Tuesday, June 16th at High Point University, the event brought together players from across the state in a data-driven environment designed to evaluate talent and track player development.
The day opened with offensive evaluations as hitters went through multiple rounds of batting practice with TrackMan technology capturing batted ball data and BLAST Motion providing additional swing analytics. Players also completed jump testing and had access to Vizual Edge evaluations, adding another layer of athletic and visual performance data to their player profiles.
Following the offensive workout, players moved into defensive evaluations where the Prep Baseball scouting staff assessed athletic actions, footwork, hands, arm strength, and overall defensive ability. Running metrics were collected using VALD Athletics laser technology, recording both 10-yard split times and 60-yard dash times to measure explosiveness and overall speed.
The event concluded with controlled bullpen sessions for pitchers and catchers. Using TrackMan technology, Prep Baseball collected advanced pitch metrics and movement profiles while providing additional video and data that will be added to each player's profile.
The Summer ID series serves as an important part of the evaluation process for Prep Baseball, helping identify players for future state teams and marquee events while giving college coaches and professional scouts updated access to statistics, analytics, video, and scouting reports throughout a player's high school career.
Over the coming days, Prep Baseball NC will release statistical leaderboards, scouting notes, and player reports highlighting the top performers from the event.
More information, including the full roster and event statistics, can be found here:
DATA DIVE: PITCHERS - HIGH POINT 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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