LovetheLord

No you didn't. You're a sensitive little Nelly, who can't have basic baseball conversations without flying off the handle. I know when a guy hasn't played higher level ball, and that's you. They talk a big game, and when someone shares a different take they start calling someone else stupid and such.

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Lebron has great hands...but hes not that hard to pitch to. I was a catcher and loved calling pitches. Guys like lebron, just throw a changeup or slow breaking pitch inside, they will pull it foul every time. Go outside with low slider. Easy 0-2 count

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Sigh. :lol:

Velo is important. In D1 if your fastball is 83 and you have a great 78 mph slider and a wicked 72 mph change up, you aren’t going to be successful. A flat and straight 96 mph fastball alone is no good. But one with some movement and/or command makes off speed that much better.

Yes, Bear. Today they can basically build you a 90 mph fastball if you have the money and the will. Case in point, Trevor Bauer is one of the least athletic guys out there, but through years of bio-mechanical work he became an upper 90s guy. I will say that the good facilities, like Tred Athletics are going to also help to take care of the arm.

Most of your elite pitchers today have spent hours working with a biomechanics coach, either in high school, or during a summer in college. The good programs also use tracman to analyze spin rates to help bring precision to secondary pitch development. They also are able to work with guys on mental stuff. These are all things that a team coach with 20 pitchers on roster has neither time or ability to do. Granted they do much of these things, but not like private coaching.

If I am a coach, I am telling guys not to go to the Cape in the summer, but to get individualized training. It will do everyone more good.

You probably know all this already though. You are clearly a guy who knows the game.

You really shouldn't argue with Late Choker. He literally knows everything there is to know about baseball. I think he played in high school or something.

Okay, Fay!

Can’t be. Two years ago we made it to the supers. If you are talking this year, we beat MISSOU in our SEC TOURNEY opener

I would rather face their number 1 than Miami’s.

That dude absolutely shoved today. He was able to put his slider anywhere he wanted it. Top Shelf? Hit it. Back door to lefties? Nailed it over and over. Break it off the plate to righties? Money.

He was able to throw his fastball for strikes when he wanted and they were quality strikes. He mixed up his approach to batters on different times throughout he order. He threw strikes with a lot of movement and we couldn't square him up.

Gotta tip your hat.

Pitcher's blowing up! Pitcher's blowing up! Pitcher's blowing up!

Quick's body language is horrible.