Are college pitchers getting better every year?

Bats have a lot to do with it, also new rookie wage scale for potential draftees

Kind of hard to tell with the change in the bats.

I did a breakdown a couple of weeks back among foreigners, U.S. players from college, and U.S. players straight from HS, on the current Team USA and the last Major League All-Star rosters.

It turns out that foreigners make up well over 1/3 of the hitters, but that U.S. players from college make up well over 1/3 of the pitchers... more so than even the U.S. players straight from HS.

Thus, I think that the way the college game has evolved, for whatever reason, there is much more top talent at pitcher than there is top talent at other positions. (I don't think this was necessarily the case in the 1980s though, so maybe it's a cyclical thing.)

Kids are coming in more prepared than ever. They are also coming in with much older arms.

Why...want would say they are getting Worse...???

They are getting better ...Or they would not be pitching in college !!!

I wouldn't talk about pitching quality yet in early March. Come the latter half of the month, we'll get away from having as many cool, north wind (meaning in the batter's face) nights and start getting more of those warm, muggy days when the wind gushes out to left-center. Then all of a sudden, the ball will seem to jump off the bat a bit more and the pitchers won't look as effective.

Now, if the pitchers are still dominant in mid-April, you might be on to something.

I remember growing up, we didn't have private pitching coaches or select ball like these young kids do now. They are learning how to pitch and how to train at an earlier age and the results are evident. Not to mention, weight training and conditioning at all levels are superior to what they used to be.