quote:Without any substantiation, I would guess the vast majority of HS hitters in the next draft were all seen in the batters box against Premier pitching already
I think that is pretty much without substantiation.
I would think the vast majority of HS hitters were all seen in the batters box against "Premier high school pitching." From what I have seen, you can be a premier high school pitcher, and rightly so, based on velocity, not the based on the ability to pitch. College and professional hitters live on guys who throw 90 and make mistakes. The difference between high school, even at the best levels and college/professional baseball is enormous. Plenty of very good baseball people make a lot of mistakes if less that 1 in 10 players selected in the first 10 rounds of the draft ever becomes a regular at the major league level.