Reply to "exit velos at showcases"

roothog6610,000+ posts

SomeBaseballDad posted:
Exit velo is one subject I can't get my head around. Look at the Super 60 numbers. 106, 104, 102, 99, 99, 99.
OK, now my kid was 93 a couple of weeks ago where he works out. The thing is the kid just crushes the ball. In AZ a few weeks ago at the PG MLK tournament he hit a HR the easily went 400+ feet. So now you have a kid 13 mph faster. I mean what does that equate to, 475, 500, 525 feet? It would seem to me you'd hear about that.
The other thing I've noticed is, when you see a discrepancy such as this then look at cage work comparing the player with the higher number to one that is more normal the effort exhibited doesn't support the higher number.

There are many factors (well, maybe not many, but more than one) involved in how far a ball travels. Exit speed is just one of those factors and can't be used as a linear factor. Lift, spin rate, etc. also play huge roles. As mentioned above, I think the top three exit speeds ever recorded were gdp's.

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