The Winter Hitter/Pitcher Update, PBR Nevada's final event of 2020, has concluded with a number of players making the most of their opportunity to improve their metrics while being analyzed and assessed by the most advanced baseball technology in the game in TrackMan and Blast Motion. 

The TrackMan system provides the most advanced data retrieval insight on the market today. The TrackMan integrates with high-speed video, managing external cameras and capturing video clips directly into the app automatically – and pairing the video with each pitch. Pitchers can see the complete pitch trajectory in 3D, create defined tags to label and compare pitches, pin pitches together to create tunneling visualizations between different pitch types, and much more. Pitchers will have access to release speed, spin rate, spin axis, release height, extension, horizontal and vertical break and location on each pitch.

Key ball flight metrics will also live inside PBR Player Profiles for the benefit of college coaches and recruiters, which will help prospects advance to the next level. Whether indoors or outdoors, the Portable B1 Unit tracks every ball with equal reliability to eliminate the necessity for guesswork. It combines the best of image tracking, radar technology and video analysis to output the most accurate data in every environment. 

Spin Rate - how fast the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher's hand, measured in "Revolutions per Minute or RPM"

Driveline Baseball: Bauer Units are intended to control for velocity when looking at spin rate. The equation was intended to be simple enough for coaches and players to use quickly in practice to compare pitchers to MLB average.

Next, we dive into the Pitcher Analysis provided by TrackMan, allowing us to break down and assess the effectiveness of each pitch thrown at the Winter Update.

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Max Fastball Velocity

High School Averages: Top 10% - 87.2 mph, Top 25% - 84.1 mph, Avg. 50% - 80.4 mph

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Average Fastball Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 2245, Top 25% - 2119, Avg. 50% - 1977

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Fastball Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

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AVERAGE CURVEBALL VELOCITY

High School Averages: Top 10% - 74.5 mph, Top 25% - 71.9 mph, Avg. 50% - 69.0 mph

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Average Curveball Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 2459, Top 25% - 2265, Avg. 50% - 2070

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Curveball Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

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AVERAGE CHANGEUP VELOCITY

High School Averages: Top 10% - 80.7 mph, Top 25% - 78.3 mph, Avg. 50% - 75.6 mph

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Average Changeup Spin Rate

High School Averages (RPM): Top 10% - 1924, Top 25% - 1784, Avg. 50% - 1633

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Changeup Bauer Units

Bauer Units Spin Rate (RPM) / Velocity (MPH)

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