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Height and weight?  Not a deciding factor, but 6'4+ throwing low-mid 80's will get a lot more looks than 5-10 to 6' throwing the same.  As a HS junior my son was 5'10 (maybe) and about 150.  He was hitting 90 pretty regularly.  The summer after his junior year he was on one of the top 17U programs in Ohio.  They would start a 6'6 lefty that was getting looks from all over the midwest/east coast.  He was 90-91 at best....but he was 6'6.  He regularly had 30-40 coaches watching him.   Son would come in in relief to start the 5th.  He was lucky if 10 of those coaches stayed even long enough to see him warm up...and again, he was 88-90 on most days.  He ended up at a mid-major 45 miles from home that saw him throw exactly one time before having him in for a visit....then one more inning the day after the visit before getting an offer.   If he had been 6'3 instead of 5'10 who knows where he would have ended up.

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