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Reply to "Who was the best pitcher you ever witnessed pitch at the HS level?"

similar story to JBB's...

Two years ago, our league had a particularly strong crop of P's.  Ryan McNeil was the one that got most of the attention, sitting 92-93 with good movement, Aflac All-American, ended up drafted 3rd round out of HS, quite the scout/media circus for our neck of the woods.  He was 6'3" 210, MLB prototype pitchers body.  We prepared for him by throwing hard (for us old coaches) from about 45 ft for several nights and were able to pull off a W - VERY exciting for our boys.  He also had a teammate that sat 86-87.

 

But another team had a smooth throwing lefty named Lucas Martin who didn't get the scout love and looked so hittable but was effortless in the 84-85 range and could really pitch.  He went on to have a dominant frosh year at a JC but I think currently battling arm issues as is McNeil after a good start in the Cubs organization.

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