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Scotty835,000+ posts

Teaching Elder posted:
When recruiting, would jr college coaches rather a guy throw harder (83-85) but not have command and even some control issues or a guy be softer (80-82) but have good command?
in other words, is it better for the kid to sacrifice some control to go out and sling the ball for numbers?

There are 5 jucos and 4 NAIA schools within and hour or so drive of my house. So I've followed them pretty close for years. To answer the question yes some of them recruit low 80's pitchers that have great control. They also seem to get 1 or 2 guys around 90 that can't hit a barn. I guess hoping they will learn control but they need the other kids to compete until they do. Now keep in mind JC is pretty much free here so it's different but this was the case when scholarships were still a thing.

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