On Monday, March 31st, the Prep Baseball Ontario staff hosted it's first of two Rising Stars ID's with the Sold Out Toronto Rising Stars ID hosted at the The Yard, in Oshawa, Ontario.

This event featured 60+ prospects in the 2029 - 2030 classes and for an introductory showcase that allowed the young athletes to compete in their first showcase with players stricly within their age group. Rising Stars ID's also serve as identifiers for Canada's Junior Future Games Team that will compete at LakePoint Sports in late July against top players from each U.S. State.

All player ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, as well as 30-yard springs captured by VALD Performance and positional drills including velocities. Over the next several days we'll be highlighting top performers from the event within our post-event analysis. Stay locked into our social media channels over the next several days as we continue to push out video, leaderboards and more.

Earlier this week we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis article. Today, we'll continue to spotlight top performers within this Pitching Data Dive as we take a look at the top TrackMan data collected during bullpens on Monday.

For complete event results, click here.
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FASTBALL

MAX VELOCITY (MPH)

Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.

SPIN RATE (AVG)

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.)

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. IVB is also a huge part of the vertical approach angle.

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.”

STRIKE ZONE %

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE %

CHANGEUP

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
2025 Ontario Blue Jays Scout Day	ON	03/29	Athlete's Turf
2025 Brampton Royals Scout Day	ON	04/06	Upper Deck Baseball Academy
2025 Pitcher Only Future Games Trials	ON	04/12	Pro Teach Baseball
2025 Markham Mariners Scout Day	ON	04/12	Campus Fieldhouse
Ontario Future Games Trials 4.13.25	ON	04/13	Campus Fieldhouse
Ontario Future Games Trials 4.18.25	ON	04/18	Athlete's Turf Inc.
Ontario Future Games Trials 4.21.25	ON	04/21	Athlete's Turf Inc.
2025 18U Best of the West	ON	04/30	Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2025 13U Best of the West	ON	05/01	McArthur Island Park (Peewee Fields)
2025 15U Best of the West	ON	05/01	McArthur Island Park (Bantam Fields)
2025 Eastern Canada ProCase	ON	06/05	Connorvale Park
2025 Milton Elite Scout Day	ON	06/28	Milton Community Park Field #1
Senior Future Games (Class of 2026)	NATIONAL	07/22	LakePoint Sports
Future Games (Class of 2027)	NATIONAL	07/23	LakePoint Sports
Junior Future Games (Class of 2029/30)	NATIONAL	07/24	LakePoint Sports
2025 Midwest Super Sophomore Games (Invite-Only)	ON	08/01	Jennings Sports Park