Obviously Danville's Jason Whitten is one...any others?

The way the Grimes kid threw for Danville last year, he may be right there with Witten. But there are a lot of good arms in the 12th from the Robertson kid at Mercer to Molen at Somerset. Throw in kids like Cooper from Boyle and Perkins at Pulaski who are more throwers than pitchers (much like I still feel Witten is at this point), and you have a variety of different types of pitchers.

Obviously Danville's Jason Whitten is one...any others?

And I think that's Rich Witten at Danville...

Thanks Hardball for the quick reply. I agree that the 12th will have several real good arms in it this year and it should be a terrific season.

 

Jason Witten?...Yeah it's Rich...I think I've been watching too many Dallas Cowboy games.

 

BTW...I'm Jordy Molen's Dad and he's grown to 6'3" and put on about 15 lbs from last year already. He's working extremely hard in the weight room and long-tossing a couple of times a week.

1-Whitten

2-Perkins

3-Robertson

3-Grimes

 

These 4 are all D-1 prospects. 3 and 4 could be reversed.

Jordy was an interesting pitcher from my point of view last year. He reminded me of another lefty Somerset had from a few years ago named David Langford. Both were a little on the weaker side as freshmen and sophomores but blossomed their junior years.

 

Jordy always had an outstanding breaking pitch, but needed that extra 4-8 MPH to keep high school hitters honest. He found that last year, and in the 5-6 outings I saw him throw, he was outstanding. In fact, as a high school pitcher, and not a thrower, I think Jordy is the best in the 12th region. He won't pop the radar gun like Witten or Perkins or Cooper, but he'll keep you off balance with a good tailing fastball and a true 12-6 breaking ball. There will be D-1 teams looking for a pitcher of his type. Craig Snipp who graduated from UK last year was very much like Jordy as a junior in high school. If he picks up a couple more MPH, he'll be dangerous.

He is a nice pitcher as well as is Wallen from Somerset, Perkins from Rockcastle has a chance if he matures and obviously Cooper from Boyle.

Rockastle's Perkins is a super talented sophomore. I only managed to see him throw 2 games last year; one was outstanding while the other wasn't.

 

I like Bussell at Rock, but he over uses his pitchers a little bit I think.

Who does Rock have besides Perkins?

Brown and Perkins threw every game I saw them play last year, and I don't remember an outsdanding JV pitcher on their roster, so I'm not sure.

Lot of pitching in this region. How many regions have this much pitching? Games should be interesting and low scoring as a rule.

Rich will at times throw 95+ this year and get drafted so I'd say that separates him from the pack.

Not to be contradictory, and this is all conjecture, but I'd be surprised if Witten gains much more velocity, simply judging by his body type. In their sectional vs LexCath last season, he topped at 90. He has a thick build, and will probably get thicker. He is very similar to Austin Kearns as a high school pitcher, who went from 94 as a junior to 88 as a senior. Of course, Witten may be a better high school hitter than Kearns was, and that's scary.

Word is, he's already throwing 95 during football season so I would say it's safe to say he'll throw that several months from now. He should have a shot a Mr. Baseball.

That is really impressive if he's at those numbers. When you get above 92, there are few people in the country that can match you. He'll be hard to handle for 12th region teams.