PABaseball posted:I don't think there is any magic number for velocity anywhere. I knew a kid who was being recruited hard by a few Ivys and he was topping at 86. I know others who were 88 and couldn't get an email back. All anecdotal, but being around players who have had interest from these types of school I would say the majority would be closer to 80 than 90 on any given day of the week.
There is definitely good baseball in the Ivy League, but to say recruits need to be 88+ at an Ivy bottom feeder probably wouldn't be accurate considering there are probably less than 30 guys in the Ivy League total throwing 90+. It helps to throw harder no doubt, but you aren't disqualified with an 86mph fastball. Lefty pitchers throwing 87+ really have to want the Ivy education because there are plenty of power programs that would be interested.
This! ^^^