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Reply to "What is the ideal weight for a HS draft prospect?"

Dominik85 posted:

Faster and stronger yes but I don't know about bigger. With modern training you can be super strong without getting super huge. There are now power lifters who can deadlift 600 pounds at 170 pounds body weight. Sprinters and decathletes are getting slimmer than 10 years ago too.

Imo there is no reason to weigh 240 when you can deadlift 450 pounds and hit a ball 110 mph at 190 pounds body weight. There are no extra points for hitting the ball 500 feet, when you can hit 35 bombs already, extra weight doesn't help you much.

They'll always want bigger and stronger.  Even if a 190 pounder can hit 110mph, there's a preference for the same talent to be 210 pounds hitting 120mph.  There's more margin, so even mishit balls have a chance to go out.  It's the same reason they want pitchers that throw hard, to provide margin for the missed spots.

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