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re: What batting average should a HS college prospect have?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 1:51 pm to NorthEndZone
Posted on 4/20/16 at 1:51 pm to NorthEndZone
the majority of the time high school player are evaluated on their summer teams and in showcases. playing against a higher caliber of competition similar to what is on the next level. a lot of times in lower classifications if a school has 1 stud player and 8 chumps he may go a whole year without seeing any pitches. if i were calling pitches in that situation he would see 4 balls. haha.
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:00 pm to bayoutiger08
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For reference when I graduated in 03 I hit .481 with 15 homers in a good 4A district and the only D1 offers I had were ull, southern, cal poly, and Tennessee.
so where did you go?
What is the LA high school HR record for single season? did you break it?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:02 pm to Lester Earl
More than 15.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:06 pm to JJ27
by who? how many?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:07 pm to Lester Earl
I'm not sure what the single season record for home runs is, but it's much more than 15.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:09 pm to CelticDog
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can he get a bunt down the line.
scouts don't give a frick if you can buntPosted on 4/20/16 at 2:10 pm to Atom Knab
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I'm not sure what the single season record for home runs is, but it's much more than 15.
i know that kid from Barbe a few years ago was mashing them. Rosado
but 15 HR would lead the state most years
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:12 pm to 1ranter1
quote:I read this in Kenny Powers' voice
scouts don't give a frick if you can bunt
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:19 pm to PrimeTime Money
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I have known pitchers who suck but can throw 95 mph get D1 scholarships and suck just as much at a D1 school, and other players who bat near .500 and struck out like 2 times their entire senior year and never makes errors in the field but don't have a lot of power or speed and they only get offers from DIII schools. And he goes on to hit .450 and strikes out only 3 times per year at the DIII level and certainly could have hit very well at the D1 level. But that guy never gets looks.
Congrats on your prolific DIII career.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:26 pm to Lester Earl
When I was in school in the late 90s some kid from Podunk hit 28-29. Their field was a joke.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:27 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Depends. If the guy is 5' 10'' and not fast or explosive, he better be able to hit his dick off. There is definitely a place for players like that, but they would have an average at or around .500...indicating that they can flat out hit.
Guys who are tall, lean, and project really well don't really have to hit like that. If they show they have the tools to improve(improved place discipline, sure up swing), they will get looks.
You're 100% right. Baseball scouts are obsessed with "good bodies" and "bad bodies" and "projectable frames". It's the biggest reason why Albert Pujols dropped to the 13th or 14th round before the Cardinals picked him. He had a very soft and pudgy body and scouts and teams were turned off by that.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:33 pm to ReauxlTide222
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he better be able to hit his dick off
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:34 pm to Bench McElroy
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Baseball scouts are obsessed with "good bodies" and "bad bodies" and "projectable frames".
professional scouts are. Colleges really arent
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:35 pm to Lester Earl
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so where did you go?
I'd like to know as well.
And how did your brother turn out in the minors?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:36 pm to slackster
quote:I never played baseball in college (I played basketball). I am talking about others who I played baseball with in high school.
Congrats on your prolific DIII career.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:37 pm to Lester Earl
Relative hit over .400 as a freshman full time starter in 5A and received more attention from a great game against Marucci Elite in a showcase. Being recruited by several top 10 teams as a sophomore. Good friend of his was committed to a big program as a sophomore, then ran a 6.4+ 60 and all of a sudden MLB scouts started showing up.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:39 pm to High C
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:46 pm to NorthEndZone
Stats do play a part, but they're not everything. It's mostly about measurables.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:54 pm to NorthEndZone
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I think the average 'good' or 'well above average' hitter playing an average level of competition probably hits around .400 in HS. But unless you are a great defensive player, I'm thinking .400 is probably not good enough for the next level. What is good enough? .450? .500?
It doesn't really work this way. The threshold works in reverse, actually. For example, I'd say it is fairly accurate to assume that every major college prospect who is a position player batted over .300 as a senior, but not everyone who bats over .300 is a major prospect. Get it?
Posted on 4/20/16 at 2:55 pm to PrimeTime Money
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I am talking about others who I played baseball with in high school.
Yeah I'm just giving you shite since your example was so specific.
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