PA Preseason ID: Southeast (Session 1): Pitching Data Dive

March 4, 2026
Nick DiBenedetto
Northeast Content

On February 16th, the Prep Baseball Pennsylvania staff hosted the 2026 PA Preseason ID: Southeast (Session 1) at Keystone State Sports in Manheim, PA. Over 65 players participated in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball Pennsylvania staff.

Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the top pitchers with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:

Trackman

FASTBALL

VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	89.5 mph
2	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	88.8 mph
3	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	86.0 mph
4	Aiden Katz	PA	Springside Chestnut Hill Academy	2027	RHP	85.7 mph
5	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	85.4 mph
6	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	85.3 mph
7	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	83.9 mph
8	Carter Tucholski	PA	Quakertown Community	2028	SS	83.5 mph
9	Jack Malley	PA	LA Salle College High School	2028	SS	83.4 mph
10	Jayce Fairfax	PA	Friends Select	2029	3B	83.3 mph

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	2236 rpm
2	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	2229 rpm
3	Jack Brown	PA	Roman Catholic	2028	SS	2201 rpm
4	Jackson Korne	PA	Dock Mennonite Academy	2027	LHP	2136 rpm
5	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	2053 rpm
6	Jayce Fairfax	PA	Friends Select	2029	3B	2045 rpm
7	Chase Carter	PA	Downingtown West	2028	LHP	2042 rpm
8	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	2025 rpm
9	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	2011 rpm
10	Luke Anderson	PA	Chambersburg Area SHS	2028	3B	2000 rpm

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.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Luke Anderson	PA	Chambersburg Area SHS	2028	3B	21.0 in
2	Asher Weingarten	PA	Garnet Valley HS	2028	RHP	19.1 in
3	Chase Carter	PA	Downingtown West	2028	LHP	18.0 in
4	Baxter Schuh	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2028	RHP	17.9 in
5	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	17.8 in
6	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	17.7 in
7	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	16.9 in
8	Austin Crowley	PA	Malvern Prep	2029	SS	16.8 in
9	Aiden Katz	PA	Springside Chestnut Hill Academy	2027	RHP	16.4 in
10	Roman Bednarek	PA	Marian Catholic	2028	SS	15.9 in

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 efficiencies. 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 vertical approach angle.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	-15.5
^	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	-15.5
2	James Given	PA	Lower Merion	2028	C	15.1
3	Rylan Weed	PA	North Penn	2027	LHP	-14.3
4	Aiden Schreiber	PA	Central dauphin High school	2029	RHP	14.3
5	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	13.4
6	Jack Brown	PA	Roman Catholic	2028	SS	12.8
7	Bennett Luke	PA	Souderton Area	2029	OF	12.7
8	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	12.7
9	Jackson Zetick	PA	Father Judge High School	2028	SS	12.7
10	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	12.6

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 RATE%

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Zone %
1	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	71 %
2	Chase Carter	PA	Downingtown West	2028	LHP	66 %
3	Roman Bednarek	PA	Marian Catholic	2028	SS	60 %
4	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	57 %
^	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	57 %
^	Aiden Schreiber	PA	Central dauphin High school	2029	RHP	57 %
^	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	57 %
^	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	57 %
5	Asher Weingarten	PA	Garnet Valley HS	2028	RHP	50 %
^	Austin Crowley	PA	Malvern Prep	2029	SS	50 %
^	James Given	PA	Lower Merion	2028	C	50 %
^	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	50 %
^	Jackson Zetick	PA	Father Judge High School	2028	SS	50 %

Average MLB pitchers throw 62% strikes, and better pitchers throw strikes 65% of the time, or roughly 2:1 strikes to balls.

CURVEBALL

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	2340 rpm
2	Aiden Schreiber	PA	Central dauphin High school	2029	RHP	2262 rpm
3	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	2208 rpm
4	Chase Carter	PA	Downingtown West	2028	LHP	2162 rpm
5	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	2142 rpm
6	Roman Bednarek	PA	Marian Catholic	2028	SS	2135 rpm
7	Carter Tucholski	PA	Quakertown Community	2028	SS	2126 rpm
8	Jackson Zetick	PA	Father Judge High School	2028	SS	2124 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	-9.1 in
2	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	-8.8 in
3	Asher Weingarten	PA	Garnet Valley HS	2028	RHP	-8.5 in
4	Luke Anderson	PA	Chambersburg Area SHS	2028	3B	-7.7 in
5	Jackson Zetick	PA	Father Judge High School	2028	SS	-6.4 in
6	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	-5.3 in
^	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	-5.3 in
7	Jake Smarilli	PA	Upper Merion	2028	RHP	-4.7 in
8	Rylan Weed	PA	North Penn	2027	LHP	4.5 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Austin Crowley	PA	Malvern Prep	2029	SS	-15.5
2	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	-15.2
3	Jayce Fairfax	PA	Friends Select	2029	3B	-14.9
4	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	13.8
5	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	13.5
6	Jake Smarilli	PA	Upper Merion	2028	RHP	-11.1
7	Aiden Schreiber	PA	Central dauphin High school	2029	RHP	-10.7
8	Luke Anderson	PA	Chambersburg Area SHS	2028	3B	-10.1

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Zone %
1	Carter Tucholski	PA	Quakertown Community	2028	SS	100 %
^	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	100 %
2	Jackson Zetick	PA	Father Judge High School	2028	SS	75 %
3	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	66 %
^	Roman Bednarek	PA	Marian Catholic	2028	SS	66 %
^	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	66 %
4	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	60 %
^	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	60 %

SLIDER

SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	2344
2	Aiden Katz	PA	Springside Chestnut Hill Academy	2027	RHP	2260
3	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	2245
4	Jack Malley	PA	LA Salle College High School	2028	SS	2148
5	Jack Brown	PA	Roman Catholic	2028	SS	2116

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	-7.6 in
2	Jack Knepper	PA	Waynesboro Area SHS	2028	SS	5.4 in
3	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	4.8 in
4	Baxter Schuh	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2028	RHP	-3.7 in
5	Asher Weingarten	PA	Garnet Valley HS	2028	RHP	-3.3 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Jayce Fairfax	PA	Friends Select	2029	3B	-16.6
2	Aiden Katz	PA	Springside Chestnut Hill Academy	2027	RHP	-11.3
3	Evan Groff	PA	Central York HS	2027	RHP	-10.9
4	James Given	PA	Lower Merion	2028	C	-9.8
5	Jack Brown	PA	Roman Catholic	2028	SS	-8.4

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Zone %
1	Jackson Korne	PA	Dock Mennonite Academy	2027	LHP	80 %
2	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	75 %
^	Jack Knepper	PA	Waynesboro Area SHS	2028	SS	75 %
3	Aiden Katz	PA	Springside Chestnut Hill Academy	2027	RHP	66 %
^	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	66 %

CHANGEUP

Spin Rate (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	1936 rpm
2	Carter Tucholski	PA	Quakertown Community	2028	SS	1817 rpm
3	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	1748 rpm
4	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	1679 rpm
5	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	1519 rpm
6	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	1503 rpm
7	Kingston Cobbs	PA	Harriton	2028	OF	1499 rpm
8	Jack Brown	PA	Roman Catholic	2028	SS	1484 rpm

INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Kingston Cobbs	PA	Harriton	2028	OF	16.4 in
2	Baxter Schuh	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2028	RHP	16.4 in
3	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	14.9 in
4	Jackson Korne	PA	Dock Mennonite Academy	2027	LHP	14.7 in
5	Landon Myers	PA	Mercersburg Academy	2028	SS	14.3 in
6	Roman Bednarek	PA	Marian Catholic	2028	SS	13.8 in
7	Chase Carter	PA	Downingtown West	2028	LHP	13.6 in
8	Jake Smarilli	PA	Upper Merion	2028	RHP	13.0 in

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Luca DeGregorio	PA	East Pennsboro	2028	RHP	19.0
2	Carter Tucholski	PA	Quakertown Community	2028	SS	15.8
3	Cole Tucholski	PA	Perkiomen School	2028	LHP	-15.4
4	Brody Flick	PA	Owen J. Roberts	2027	RHP	14.9
5	ANISH PREMKUMAR	PA	West Chester East	2027	RHP	14.7
6	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	-14.3
^	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	-14.3
7	Jayden Guiseppe	PA	Coatesville Area SHS	2027	LHP	-14.3
8	Jake Gorman	PA	Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast HS	2027	RHP	14.1

STRIKE ZONE RATE%

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Zone %
1	Asher Weingarten	PA	Garnet Valley HS	2028	RHP	100 %
2	August Corcoran	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	LHP	75 %
^	Jackson Korne	PA	Dock Mennonite Academy	2027	LHP	75 %
^	Ty Cohen	PA	The Episcopal Academy	2027	C	75 %

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