I am now a sophomore in highschool and I didnt play last year on my highschool team, so this year i am thinking of becoming a pitcher. My catcher pop time is at a 2.1 now and can get as fast as 1.8 and I am good at blocking the ball and throwing accurate throws, but when I pitch i can reach 85 mph and have a nasty curve and forkball. Should I continue to catch? or should I drop catching and becoming a PO?
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I am now a sophomore in highschool and I didnt play last year on my highschool team because of this catcher who is related to all of the coaches, so this year i am thinking of becoming a pitcher because he is in my grade and I would play behind him for three more years if i stayed as a catcher. My catcher pop time is at a 2.1 now and can get as fast as 1.8 and I am good at blocking the ball and throwing accurate throws, but when I pitch i can reach 85 mph and have a nasty curve and forkball. Should I continue to catch? or should I drop catching and becoming a PO?
I would do both. Keep working on your catching, because it sounds like you are good at it. Be the back-up catcher, and a good teammate. Also work on your pitching, because 85 as a Soph is pretty good. After your high school season, start showcasing both. You never know what is going to happen..
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Based on the numbers you provided (85mph, 1.8 poptime), I think you're a troll.
However, just in case I'm wrong:
I strongly suggest doing whatever is necessary to maintain your anonymity on this forum, including changing your user-name (if it reveals your identity)..
This forum is widely read nationwide.
You should assume that whatever you post here will be read by your HS coaches.
Please don't sabotage your chances to play HS baseball.
I guess I don't see the troll reference. How did you get troll from the post? 85 for a soph doesn't sound ridiculous to me...
I hit 85 at my very max, like when my arm is feeling perfect.
I guess I don't see the troll reference. How did you get troll from the post?
Primarily I think he's a troll because I don't think a HS sophomore would be foolish enough to criticize his HS coaches on the number one HS baseball forum in the country, while providing enough details to make himself readily identifiable.
Does that make him a troll, or more likely a young kid who needs to be here to get advice against that sort of behavior? I think it would be better to help him than to call him out and treat him as an idiot...
