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re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:48 pm to DRock88
Posted on 8/10/22 at 6:48 pm to DRock88
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But, I believe you also have to look at the parents
OMG 100% this.
Recruit the parents. You can fix anything you need to fix in the kids.
At the end of the day, you can see kids at 12 that will project to college in the field, on the basepaths, how they move, how they're mentally progressing, etc... but you can't see how they will hit quality pitching in the future. That's the ultimate separator.
And unless the kids is 1 in a million, you can't fix shitty parents.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 8:12 pm to Meauxjeaux
You can see mechanical flaws in young hitters, too, that will ultimately hinder them as pitching gets better if they don't correct it. It's one of the things that I dislike most about the travel ball circuit - the kids are getting plenty of reps, but maybe not tactical reps. They're seeing results doing things a certain way but that way will eventually just not cut it anymore, and they'll have to undo plenty of reps.
I don't know about Milazzo as far as how much ball he played outside of just high school ball, but you can clearly see that he has to undo a lot at the plate that he got results with for so long.
I can say the same about pitching. Kids gassing hitters with tens of mechanical flaws. Looks real nice on the radar gun and on the stat sheet. Those kids have hit their ceiling, or will get hurt, though. That's not even mentioning arm care when pitching so much, the mental side of pitching that's so overlooked, etc.
Floyd would be my example here. No bend, no length on his release, etc. But, he gassed people. Well, he had to learn how to pitch once hitters learned the strike zone, tunneled his fastball up, spit on offspeed, etc.
So much to unpack recruiting kids at such a young age. I still don't love it, but I'm understanding it more.
I don't know about Milazzo as far as how much ball he played outside of just high school ball, but you can clearly see that he has to undo a lot at the plate that he got results with for so long.
I can say the same about pitching. Kids gassing hitters with tens of mechanical flaws. Looks real nice on the radar gun and on the stat sheet. Those kids have hit their ceiling, or will get hurt, though. That's not even mentioning arm care when pitching so much, the mental side of pitching that's so overlooked, etc.
Floyd would be my example here. No bend, no length on his release, etc. But, he gassed people. Well, he had to learn how to pitch once hitters learned the strike zone, tunneled his fastball up, spit on offspeed, etc.
So much to unpack recruiting kids at such a young age. I still don't love it, but I'm understanding it more.
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 8:15 pm
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