Give me a kid who can change speeds, throw strikes while keeping the ball low, has a nickel curve and hits the corners time after time while understanding that there is a art to pitching and I will take that "pitcher" any day over your 90 mph "thrower"! You don't have to be a flame thrower to keep the other team off the bases, just a kid who understands how to pitch, who has control and isn't afraid to challenge the hitters with junk and makes the hitters pop up or ground out to his infielders!

 

Old Guy: How about the kid from Boyd County? That threw against you all in Louisville. He has pitched every big game the lions have had this year. 1.38 ERA 85 consistantly, can run it to 90, but definetly beats the zone. Hopefully the lions make it out of the sixteenth this year and the rest of the state can see this kid. What do you think? Where's the love.

I am wondering with all these names that are being throw out here stating they can throw 90+ mph, what are they throwing on a consistant basis over the period of a game (5,6,7 innings)?

 

Also saw that they have Chase Mullins listed at 6'9 245?????? If those stats are true shouldn't old boy being playing some football and basketball as well, Bourbon Co should could have used that sort of help, or are those measurements just a bit extreme?

I am wondering with all these names that are being throw out here stating they can throw 90+ mph, what are they throwing on a consistant basis over the period of a game (5,6,7 innings)?

 

Also saw that they have Chase Mullins listed at 6'9 245?????? If those stats are true shouldn't old boy being playing some football and basketball as well, Bourbon Co should could have used that sort of help, or are those measurements just a bit extreme?

 

Actually the stats are correct, hard to imagine a 16 year old at that size but he in fact is, they didn't post his shoe size, he wears an 18.

Old Guy: How about the kid from Boyd County? That threw against you all in Louisville. He has pitched every big game the lions have had this year. 1.38 ERA 85 consistantly, can run it to 90, but definetly beats the zone. Hopefully the lions make it out of the sixteenth this year and the rest of the state can see this kid. What do you think? Where's the love.

 

Very, very good pitcher and I think I said so in the Boyd vs. CovCath game!

 

Where's the love? I wrote:

 

In a game that both the Boyd and CovCath pitchers dominated the hitters Boyd executed better and thus won this game.

 

Salisbury the Boyd pitcher didn't walk a batter and struck out 9 CovCath batters and the only run he gave up was unearned but Shumate didn't allow a walk either and he struck out 7 and he only allowed a single earn run.

 

Salisbury struck out the last five CovCath batter to earn the victory in a outstanding display of pitching and while Salisbury was impressive so was Shumate. It was a good game of old fashion baseball.

 

PeeWee's Place Star of the game: Got to go with Boyd County Salibury who pitched a gem while driving in the only Eagles earn run of the day on a seeing eye single and a double. Outstanding day young man.

Scouts had Spalding hitting 96 mph in the first inning last night in the win against Trinity.

The measurments are correct on Mullins, he has gotten much bigger since last year. He was clocked 92-94 against Clark in the district title.

Scouts had Spalding hitting 96 mph in the first inning last night in the win against Trinity.

 

Perhaps equally impressive was his stamina and composure. It was very hot, the start was delayed over 2 hours due to the heat index. Matt overcame a couple errors and a 2rbi base hit in the second inning to shut down Trinity in innings 3 thru 6. As if pitching wasn't enough, he then hit a 3 run bomb to give the Tigers the 4-2 lead. Gutsy performance!

Homerun, you should have been at Whitaker Bank Ballpark yesterday, in game #2 of the 11th, Combs for Bryan Station was 86 to 89, then in game # 3 Buehler for Henry Clay was 88 to 91 and Martin for Lex Cath was 84 to 88, then in game #4 Hollon for Woodford Co hit 95 a bunch of times and was still 91 in the 7th. Some kind of live arms on display in Lexington, You would have loved it.

Homerun, you should have been at Whitaker Bank Ballpark yesterday, in game #2 of the 11th, Combs for Bryan Station was 86 to 89, then in game # 3 Buehler for Henry Clay was 88 to 91 and Martin for Lex Cath was 84 to 88, then in game #4 Hollon for Woodford Co hit 95 a bunch of times and was still 91 in the 7th. Some kind of live arms on display in Lexington, You would have loved it.

 

I do love it. I think that it is great to see the state of Kentucky have so many qualilty players. I would love nothing more to see so many of them do well at the college level and behond!

I found this question from a high school player on the internet. I list several answers given. Any thoughts?

 

“I’m a freshman pitcher from Nevada and i am left handed and 6'1 180 and have hit 85mph. How fast will i have to be throwing by the time im a senior to go in the 1st-5th rounds?” – Southpaw9

 

Some answers:

 

“There is no definite answer to your question but for sake of discussion we can address velocity and the draft. Velocity is only one portion of the total package professional scouts look for in a pro prospect. Your current velocity is more than enough to be drafted in the top five rounds. On projecting velocity: I have heard some indicate that a pitcher’s velocity normally increases about 3 mph per year during his high school years. You indicate you “have hit” 85 mph but that probably not your average FB. Take your AVERAGE fastball velocity; add three miles per hour, per year, during the high school years. If this rule of thumb holds true with you, you can have a fairly good estimate of your velocity as a senior. Allow me to give a little advice. If you focus ONLY on velocity, you will fail to develop as a viable pro prospect. While velocity gets most of the attention, there is much more to being a great pitcher. Best of luck,”

- Fungo

 

“Lefthanders get interest soon after their 3rd birthday.

If you can throw the MLB minimum of 86 in high school and you're a lefthander, you'll get some bird dogs looking at you.

If you have size and are lefty (over 6'3"), you'll get lots of looks in high school. They usually start following kids in Cali, Fla and Texas after their sophomore year. In other areas of the country after their junior year.

If your dad and uncles are all 6'3" and taller and you're a lefthander at 6'0" as a sophomore in high school, you'll get plenty of looks.

Work on two things: velocity and velocity.

Forget command and all the other bs that they talk about. Velocity gets you noticed.

They'll teach you want they want you to learn in pro ball.”

- BeenthereIL

 

“Southpaw - BeenthereIl is right, velocity is the bottom line. There is more to being a pitcher than velocity but size & velocity are the keys to being a prospect. I have seen a few pitchers so far this year who can't get out high school hitters on average teams yet are garnering quite a bit of draft scrutiny due to velocity.

You can have a great cb/change/command repertoire & good stats - this may get you some looks from colleges if you work hard at exposure. If you want interest from big-time schools and mlb lighting up the gun is what it's all about. They THINK they can teach you the rest of the art of pitching, with some kids they can and others they can't but they know they can't teach you 90.”

- denisr400