HS Position Player Throwing Velo

Can he field the ball? can he throw with accuracy to 1b? can he move left and right and forward to play bunts? Can he hit? Velocity is only one tool in a 3b inventory.

Does he have baseball "common" sense? What does his "eyes" see?

Bob

Our IF this year at a good Calif program of a SoCal middle classification (D4 out of 7 divisions)...

SS - 84-86

3b - 82ish

2b - 76-78

C - 82-84

All are going on to play at various levels of college ball.  Agree with Bob, there is a whole lot more to the equation than arm strength.

Sure, I understand that velo is only one part and that if a player falls short in other areas, it probably doesn't matter what their velo is. Just want to get a very general idea of what people are looking for in terms of velo at those positions for HS Varsity.

Thanks Cabbagedad! That's what I wanted to know. Would you say these velos are about the average for your teams over the years?

The SS is a D1 bound junior and an exceptional HS SS and the others were pretty good seniors so arm strength/velo numbers for this group were a bit higher than what has been the norm for us over the last several years.  I would say that the average for our league is usually low 80's SS, 80ish C and 3B and a bit lower at 2B.  Again, that is average for a mid-tier league in a SoCal Southern Section that has almost 500 schools in it.   

My 3B was throwing 55.  I was pleasantly surprised that he could throw out 99% of runners.  there was only 1-2 that he was late on.  Obviously it wouldn't work at at higher divisions, so it depends on the competition.