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Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:49 am to tBrand
Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:49 am to tBrand
quote:Says the guy that doesn't follow college baseball. Many kids out of high school sign with the pros. Several schools signed kids that turned down multi million dollar pro contracts to attend college (Vandy and Florida jump out). With NIL I suspect there will be more kids going to college instead of the pros so the pros get the colleges to develop the raw talent than having them in the minors. Raw talent with poor pitching coaches stays raw talent. Raw talent under some of the better college pitching coaches can become really good pitchers early. If you look back at the better teams making runs in the college world series, they almost always had 2 good starters, some 3 and usually a good closer. But recently, I have seen most every team have at least one good to really good starter and I think it will only get better with NIL (I'm still not a fan of NIL but just being honest).
It is generally terrible and it is like this every year, but that's part of the fun.
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:59 am to Diamondawg
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Says the guy that doesn't follow college baseball.
Unfortunately, I follow it way more than any normal, well adjusted person should. Enough to know beyond a team's ace or 2nd guy, it's going to be a crapshoot and there's a 25% the next guy is going to walk the bases loaded or get shelled. Texas has an excellent and deep staff by college standards and you still never know which version of the pitcher will show up.
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Several schools signed kids that turned down multi million dollar pro contracts to attend college
A kid turning down 2+ million to go to college is very, very rare, if it happens at all. Because it would be incredibly stupid.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 11:55 am to captdalton
it's all about velo these days
doesn't matter if you can throw strikes or not
I've never seen so many pitchers that can't command their fastball
if you can't do that you really don't stand a chance
doesn't matter if you can throw strikes or not
I've never seen so many pitchers that can't command their fastball
if you can't do that you really don't stand a chance
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:02 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The umpire in this game had a small zone. Doesn't bode well for (most) college pitchers.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:05 pm to Choot em Tiger
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Wake Forest 2023 was one of the only college teams I can remember that simply had arms for days out of the bullpen. The only reason they didn’t win is because Paul Skenes exists.
Tommy White would disagree.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:29 pm to Whataburger
quote:Umpires are all over the place and worst of all, they have made the game about themselves. All of these reviews have to bother the pitcher and get them all out of rhythm. I almost wish we went back to no reviews.
The umpire in this game had a small zone. Doesn't bode well for (most) college pitchers.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:12 pm to lsufball19
by legit starters, i mean guys that give you a real chance to win any SEC series. im not talking about guys that are all sub 3.00 ERA
Posted on 4/24/26 at 2:56 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Part of the problem now is many kids focus on pitching fast first, then try to work on command (this is also part of the reason why young kids are having Tommy John surgery at younger ages now). But command takes more time to develop. Hence, you’ve got kids throwing 100, but he’s all over the place. That’s just the state of the game now. I hope it changes.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 2:57 pm
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