Misconceptions about proffesional velocities

General Pitching Topics
#1

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=708

I have repeatedly seem people claim of pitchers (i.e. tim lincecum) “SITTING” at 97-98 mph and this is just not true. There may be a good amount of pitchers in the minors who throw 94-95 but there is only a handful who sit at 97+

The article just points out how rare 97-98mph truly truly is.

P.S. I just added that quote from the article because if you think about it 63% isn’t really all that many! Kinda gives you hope :wink:

#2

i was all excited about reaching 85mph at 16 then i read this… 17 year old, 100mph and im like :cry:

#3

I’d say at 5’8 140 at 16 85 mph is pretty impressive friend.

#4

Have we seen your mechanics yet OffSet? You should post them.

#5

what about
zumaya
chamberlain

no pitcher sits up there from the start
when the get comfortable they will

so you are saying the radar guns are “juiced up”

#6

Have we seen your mechanics yet OffSet? You should post them.[/quote]
im hoping to as soon as i get my paws on a camera

#7

yes most stadium radar guns are juiced. i was watching a game on tv and the tv gun had the pitch at 93 and the stadium gun had it at 97. they juice the guns because thats what the fans want.

#8

[quote=“kelvinp”]what about
zumaya
chamberlain

no pitcher sits up there from the start
when the get comfortable they will

so you are saying the radar guns are “juiced up”[/quote]

Did you even read it? Chamberlain is in there, it is prospects anyways…

#9

http://baseball.bornbybits.com/php/2008_tool.php

website shows the speed, break, and location of any given pitcher’s pitches from this year.

#10

Have we seen your mechanics yet OffSet? You should post them.[/quote]
im hoping to as soon as i get my paws on a camera[/quote]

yea i wanna see ur mechanics too, it cud be something to learn from…throwing 85 n being 5’8,

u obviously use ur whole body

#11

[quote=“TheOleOneBall”]http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=705

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=708

I have repeatedly seem people claim of pitchers (i.e. tim lincecum) “SITTING” at 97-98 mph and this is just not true. There may be a good amount of pitchers in the minors who throw 94-95 but there is only a handful who sit at 97+

The article just points out how rare 97-98mph truly truly is.

P.S. I just added that quote from the article because if you think about it 63% isn’t really all that many! Kinda gives you hope ;)[/quote]

If anyone wants to see the average pitch velocities for any pitcher you can find them here
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=4&season=2008&month=0
. Their data is provided by Baseball Info Solutions, the same company as quoted above.