Cruising at Max

My first question would be whether these game situations were short stints where he could basically "air it out" with every pitch? This could make a big difference. If you're talking about shorter outings, you're probably not seeing a pitcher truly "cruising".

Watching major leaguers, you'll often notice large variances between a pitcher's velocity out of the bullpen vs. starting. For example, if I remember correctly, Smoltz was fairly consistently upper 90's as a closer, while he's probably more of a mid 90's guy as a starter.

He is a starter.

Whether it's been try-out camps or regular league/tournament play, his readings have been remarkably consistent.

If he can cruise at or near his max, I would think that's a good thing. He probably has a well conditioned arm and is very effecient with his throwing mechanics.

IMO, with growth potential and a tweak here or there in mechanics by a pitching coach may make a difference, but I wouldn't change anything now. Consistancy and getting the job done, is not a bad thing.

Does he appear to throw with max effort of little effort? Trying to throw harder can cause issues which pitchers often do for the gun.

What does matter is his drop in velo on his offspeed pitches.

He has been told that he has very smooth effortless motion with a quick arm. He finishes very quietly, always balanced.

He has signed with a Florida JUCO and they seem to think that they can get more out of him.

Which one, mine will be playing JUCO also.

Daytona State

Alright Flfan, and yours is playing for?????
Mine is at Indian River State and I thought Seeler was talking about my son even got the velo right Looks like we'll all be peering over dug outs at each other next spring...how cool is that

I mentioned to Orlando the other day that teh Florida Forum needs some action.
Lots of FL people here, good way to stay in touch and share news. What do y'all think?

Haha...unfortunately, I'll have to keep tabs of my nephew from a distance. It's a long trip from Canada!

Hope to go down twice, once in the Fall and later in the Spring. Can't wait!

Hey Seeler and JD, mine will be at Daytona also. Guess I may see more of your Son for a while then you! LOL. Where is Lorrisburg? Do you know Nick Purdy? JD, Coach OB is a great guy. He used to be the assistant here in Ocala at CFCC.

Mine may see a little mound time also, but is primarilly a position player in the infield. (hopefully)

JD we will definitely need look each other up when we play each other. I hope to be at a fair amount of the games.

Actually, we're actually from Morrisburg (spelled wrong on roster). It's a very small town in Eastern Ontario on the St. Lawrence. Ogdensburg, NY and Massena, NY are just across the river. Syracuse, NY is about 2 hours away.

My nephew's thinks he remembers playing against Purdy a few times.

Well, he should like Daytona. Very nice field and facilities. Nick stayed with us for a while and played on a travel team with my Son. Freshman report 8/20!

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JD we will definitely need look each other up when we play each other. I hope to be at a fair amount of the games

My goal is to make as many as possible, so we'll have to watch the schedule.
I met OB when my boy was a freshman at a UNF camp, he remembered my sons curve. He stopped the whole clinic with it..my boy was one of the last to throw that day and all these Sr.s just stopped and gawked..OB goes "can you throw that in the dirt"? and my boy threw the next one for a perfect strike.."OB asked him "Did you mean to do that?" my son sheepishly told him yes and OB asked him why.."Well I like to throw strikes"..OB: "Can you throw me one in the dirt?" the next one hit the dirt at the point of home plate
He also was the first coach to teach my son about arm health and maintenance..we are very excited to have our son on his team..he watched my son throw about 10 pitches..called him a breath of fresh air and offered him a full ride...then before Andy accepted, told him that his philosophy was to let the pitcher and catcher control the game with his assistance..told our son that he'd get a bunch of mound time..I don't think under the circumstances we could have found a more perfect situation with a better coach period (He was highly recruited for D-1 but fell short on grades/SAT).

They have a very nice facility. We played on their field my Son's Junior year. They have a very large list of players that have moved on to the pro ranks mounted on a wall adjacent to the field. OB is definitely a Pitchers Coach. He is a great guy.

Since you are closer to Daytona, I am sure you will be at their away game up there. Lets try to catch up then.

It is a real nice field (A whole bunch of foul territory )
I figure we'll make Daytona for sure..our over-nighter is CFCC and Suwanee..