re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin

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I think velo is very important. I'm wondering at what age it's important to have it though. Knowing that velo can be added (and relatively safely), but control, command, and (maybe) feel are harder to teach, targeting a control pitcher that shows that there is still more left in the tank to add has been a development strategy for pro orgs that seem to be generating a lot of high level pitching prospects and MLB pitchers (Indians/Guardians have done this for a while, the Cardinals seem to have figured it out to some degree the last few years).

I don't know how it translates down though. I'm sure it does, and I'm sure that's something that Wes and Jay evaluate, but I'm still trying to figure out how.

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well i think its kind of a middle ground. i think the best are hitting the key numbers all the way from 9u and up.

but you certainly can target guys who throw decent and have lots of movement while throwing strikes...but are still developmental in the keys to throwing hard chins, reverse lunge, body weight etc

but in general the game is moving to higher and higher velos at every level and the reason is simply when you look at batting avg and hard hit ball avg it drops dramiticaly if a kid is throwing gas for his age.

my personal opinion its easier to teach someone to throw strikes than throw hard. throwing strikes is really about being able to have repeatable movements that are smooth. from there is slowly teaching them how to adjust.

i will say though....within the decade, pretty much every decent hs pitcher will be 90+ in the 3a/4a/5a levels.

i think most in college will be 95+ only. majors 97-98+ only. with some rare exceptions.