2017 Baseball Season Thread
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Pharm Frog
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Root for excellent weather in Albuquerque on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tech is out there for a two-game mid-week series. Would love for that to be a couple of games that go deep into extra innings.
HoustonHornedFrog
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Speaking of what they have been coached to do, does KS coach them to pitch inside more than most? I ask because we hit a lot of batters. Over 1 a game on average (more than anyone else per game in the Big 12) and almost twice as many as we get hit per game.
Paint It Purple
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Schloss has preached having the guts to go inside since he's been at TCU. I'm guessing KS feels the same way. It's a tenet of successful pitching and pitchers. The guts part isn't that you'll hit the guy, it's the fear of leaving it out over the middle. (Blast away)
Pharm Frog
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Did anyone see the tweet indicating JJ out at least another 3-4 weeks? SIAP Can't find the tweet again
Found it....I don't follow Kendall Rogers but Son of Pharm had re-tweeted.
Found it....I don't follow Kendall Rogers but Son of Pharm had re-tweeted.
Purp
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Yes. I noticed the palindrome too. Pretty neat.
Moose Stuff
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Pharm Frog
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Coming in right behind McCormick at No. 2 once again is Cary Grove’s Quinn Priester. Priester is a hard throwing right-handed pitcher with polish and a lightning quick arm. Priester made it clear he is one of the top arms in the Midwest after taking home top prospect honor’s at the 2019 Top Prospect Games this summer. At the event Priester sat 87-89 mph and spun an advanced curveball with sharp, late action and depth.
http://www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/IL/Quinn-Priester-6180732459#tab2
6-foot-3, 175-pound right-handed pitcher with a highly athletic frame. Works from a high ¾ arm angle with a long, loose, lightning quick arm action. Tall and fall, online delivery with smooth rhythm. Fastball flashed hard running action at 87-89 mph for strikes. Showed feel for his curveball. Curveball has 11-5 shape with sharp breaking action while maintaining fastball arm speed at 73-74 mph. One of the top arms in the 2019 Class.
Video in the link below. If you are inclined to watch...how about that view behind CF late in the video?
http://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/IL/2019-Top-Prospect-Games-Top-Overall-Prospects-9072561483
frognutz
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My eyes glaze over when I hear reports of guys "sitting at x mph" blah blah blah so I don't take any stock or have much interest in such reports, but is 87-89 fastball really considered one of the best arms in the Midwest?
ftwfrog
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Yes! Can he pitch tomorrow?
PurplePutt
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He is 16 or 17 max. Okay he is 6'3" but he only weighs 175. 87-89 is pretty impressive for that age/size--I think.
Pharm Frog
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As PurplePutt mentioned, this kid is young. But here's some other things I like simply from reading the interwebs:
- He's from the Midwest. A couple of years ago there was a fella from Colorado who had done research (pretty sure it was self-reported survey research) that claimed that pitchers from the Midwest and Northeast had thrown 30% fewer innings per year than kids from the South (including Florida and California). I actually can't remember if it was innings or pitches but you get the idea.
- He also plays football. Dual sport athletes are more intriguing than single sport athletes to me for the most part. Good size.
- "Sitting" at 87-89 is pretty damn good. Would you like to know if he can command both sides of the plate with it? Can he run it up there in the early '90's when he needs to? Would you like to know if he can drop the hammer in zones where he wants to pitch? Of course. I would also say that college pitchers "sitting" at 87-89 with 12-6 breaking balls and change-ups at the ankles give a certain "home town" team fits.
- So, yes...if CKS thinks this kid is worthy of an offer based on current performance and projectability, I'm delighted with it.
EDIT: Will defer to Moose on this but I seem to remember that DF was "sitting" somewhere around that range while a senior at Oak Ridge.
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GoFrog Yourself
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Seem to be developing a nice pipeline in the midwest recently
Moose Stuff
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jake102
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This can't be right..... we had multiple kids at my HS that could throw 90+ in their sophomore/junior years.
Not questioning the recruit. I'm questioning the Midwest.
Pharm Frog
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In the past I might have questioned it too but not anymore. These kids are far more open to travel than in the past AND I don't think they get as "over-used" as some pitchers from the South. Illinois in particular has some really good baseball. You will see some really strong pitching from the Midwest at these showcase tournaments. Started seeing several impressive arms from the mountain west too over the past three or four years. The Orioles organization certainly has no questions about pitchers from the Midwest. Took three pretty quickly last year (or it may have been the prior year -- all runs together).
Pharm Frog
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Not getting what I was rooting for. Raining in ABQ. Still the possibility of it clearing up for tonight's game. Field turf yard so that increases the likelihood of getting a game in.
