Reply to "Best West Coast School for Developing a Pitcher?"

TPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003

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Originally posted by FutureBack.Mom:
Also I would suggest keeping in mind that it is a wonderful thing to find a school where the pitchers develop such that they improve, but I believe the concept of developing pitchers so that they get drafted highly and suceed in pro ball is wonderful if it happens, but is not generally the goal for college programs ... it is nice if it happens, but that is not the purpose of the pitching coach IMO.

Plus, let's face it ... some pitchers have physical attributes & strengths (e.g., height, left-handedness, velocity) that are more highly desireable to the pro teams and that are likely to improve those pitchers' draft status no matter what the level of development in college.

So, IMO, developing a pitcher for success in college (read: WINNING) is likely to happen more frequently than developing a college pitcher for a higher/better draft status and professional success.

7/26/057:40 PM

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