This past Saturday, the Prep Baseball Utah staff hosted the Northern Utah Fall ID at Ridgeline HS. The event featured players from the 2026–2030 classes and gave prospects the chance to go through a full pro-style workout. Players recorded 60-yard dash times, defensive work with position velocities, and batting practice tracked by TrackMan.

Each player received video footage along with verified stats, helping them continue to build their recruiting presence. Fall ID events also serve as identifiers for future invite-only events such as the West Coast Games, Utah Top Prospect Games, Future Games, and more.

Yesterday, we took a look at the top overall data in our Statistical Anlysis article. Today, we shift the focus to the pitcher's, as we highlight the top TrackMan Pitching Data from the event.

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FASTBALL

MAX 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.

HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

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.

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CURVEBALL

HIGHEST AVG. SPIN RATE

HIGHEST AVG. IVB

HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

HIGHEST STRIKE ZONE RATE%

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SLIDER

HIGHEST AVG. SPIN RATE

HIGHEST AVG. IVB

HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

HIGHEST STRIKE ZONE RATE%

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CHANGEUP

AVG CHANGEUP SPIN RATE (RPM)

HIGHEST AVG. IVB

HIGHEST AVG. HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

HIGHEST STRIKE ZONE RATE%

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Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
St. George Fall ID	UT	09/20	Dixie High School - St. George, UT
2025 West Coast Super Sophomore Games (Invite-Only)	UT	09/26	University of Oregon / Bushnell University
2025 West Coast Games	UT	10/03	Loyola Marymount University - Page Stadium
Utah Fall Top Prospect Games (Invite-Only)	UT	11/01	Utah Valley University