re: SEC is overrated

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I think there’s a trend of the SEC valuing anyone who can throw 95+ over guys who can actually throw strikes and get guys out. Our lineup looks confused when they face a guy who consistently throws strikes and doesn’t gift us base runners.

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This all day long. It's been my complaint about Mississippi State all season. Tons of arm talent, but very few pitchers. We don't have any Peyton Plumlee's or Denver McQuary types on this squad that just locate and compete without overwhelming stuff.

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I think there’s a trend of the SEC valuing anyone who can throw 95+ over guys who can actually throw strikes and get guys out.

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I think there is something to be said for this. I think Alan Dunn kind of saw this, but he still had issues with finding pure strike throwers. A guy with stuff like Hilliard that can throw strikes more consistently than Hilliard did would win a lot of games in the SEC.

Conversely I think this is why you see more upper class SEC players able to layoff hard sliders that break out of the zone more than some others.