The Utah Fall Prospect Games are officially in the books, featuring over 110 prospects from the 2026–2029 classes. A huge thank you goes out to the UVU coaching staff for hosting and helping make the event a success.

Players kicked things off with a full pro-style workout, giving our staff and college recruiters in attendance a chance to get an up-close look at some of the top talent in the state. Position players ran through VALD-lasered 60-times, positional evaluations with recorded velocities, BP rounds tracked by TrackMan and Blast Motion, as well as additional VALD athletic testing and Vizual Edge vision testing. Following the workout, players moved into live gameplay, where pitchers had their TrackMan metrics recorded in a competitive setting.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing post-event content, including stat leaderboards, write-ups, videos, player spotlights, and more. Stay tuned to our social media channels and our website to keep updated.

Yesterday, we highlighted the top overall statistical performances in our Data Dive article. We now switch the focus to the mound and highlight the top TrackMan pitching metrics.

To view our upcoming 2026 event schedule, click here.

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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
Super 60 Pro Showcase	NATIONAL	02/01	The MAX - McCook, IL
Utah Preseason All-State: (Invite-Only)	UT	02/21	Crimson Cliffs - St. Geroge, UT