roothog66 posted:Keep in mind, there is a huge difference between P5 schools and mid-majors/low D1's in what is available to them, recruiting-wise. At CSUN, a middle-of-the-road Big West school last year, we had ONE guy who could routinely sit 91/92 and he was out with a torn ucl by early March. The best starting pitcher, a lefty, rarely topped 82, sat 78-81. He was good and, in fact, shut out CS-Fullerton in his last start. The other starters sat 84/85 (never saw him above 88) and 86/88 (could occasionally hit a 90 or 91). Our closer was 81/82. There were a number of middle reliever who were sitting 78-82. Honestly, I was shocked. This was pretty common in the other Big West schools as well. A lot of guys throwing 84-87 and a handful sitting 89-91. There just aren't as many of those big arms as it seems when all you watch is P5 baseball. They just all seem to be concentrated in a fairly small number of conferences.
Wow. The top 13u travel team here in GA has 2 kids (a righty and lefty) who sits at 78 to 80 for 4 to 7 innings, and tops out at 81-82. Another top 13u GA team has a lefty that also sits at 80. I'm guessing barring an injury, those kids are shoo-in for a D1 school?