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Lefthanded hitters are more desirable than righthanded!!

L limom84100+ posts
Lefthanded hitters are more desirable than righthanded, especially those that can switch hit. Colleges will offer more scholarship money to those that can hit from the left side. This info comes from a MLB scout from a recent workout.

Here are the reasons why-
Most players pull the ball. A first baseman holding on the runner creates a huge hole on the right side, thus creating more singles. Balls pulled down the line and in the gap will enable a player to get more triples, especially those with that sub 7.0 60 speed. Oh, and what about those infield singles from getting that extra jump out of the box?? Now try and discredit that...

P.S. By the way, this was a different scout that passed on this info. This scout encouraged switch hitting because of the value of left handed hitting. He did NOT encourage lefties to switch hit.
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CM Coach May1,000+ posts
Good hitters are desirable period. All things being equal it depends on the teams needs. Most hitters hit from the right side so kids that hit from the left side that can actually hit are desirable. Whats news about that. Thats common knowledge. If you have to quote someone else everytime you post to validate your statement you have no personal experiences of your own.
L lafmom (Guest)
As Coach may says, good hitters are good hitters and that's what coaches want. I will say, as a parent of a son who throws and bats left, I was surprised to have some colleges tell us they were interested in him because he was a Left handed hitter and they have a "lefty's park". I just hadn't thought about that, or I would have taken notes over the years on every park we played in! I'm sure some schools probably don't care squat about a left handed kid/hitter.
TRhitTRhit10,000+ posts
lafmom

In the case of limom this is not so-- she has expounded on her own knowledge and that of her "hubby" ,who she says played D-1 Baseball, so she is not "uninformed"


She also has this scout who continues to give her all these "gems of wisdom"--she just likes to come on her and cause an uproar for her own edification
L limom84100+ posts
TRHit-

Let's try and just stick to the topic that lefthanded hitters are more desirable. After all, most players pull the ball. A first baseman holding on the runner creates a huge hole on the right side, thus creating more singles. Balls pulled down the line and in the gap will enable a player to get more triples, especially those with that sub 7.0 60 speed. Oh, and what about those infield singles from getting that extra jump out of the box?? Now try and discredit that...

P.S. By the way, this was a different scout that passed on this info. Try not to be so sensitive. This scout encouraged switch hitting because of the value of left handed hitting. He did NOT encourage lefties to switch hit.
M Mtlorioles10+ posts
As was told to my left hand hitting son at a tryout held by then International Scouting Director for the San Diego Padres, Bill Clark (quite a character a charming older gent with a refreshing and unique older approach to scouting and life), an experienced and well travelled man with a Southern Missouri drawl it went something like this...
Son, with the legs you got why on earth would ya want to get further away from first base? Y'ad better hit the lefties cause if you cain't y'ain't goin nowhere.

Most switch hitters are righties hitting from both sides.
To answer the question. It's all a question of supply and demand. Way less lefties out there so they are more valuable individually. Just look at a scout's eyes light up when he hears lefty hitting catcher. Cool
Hi there TR.
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TRhitTRhit10,000+ posts
Hi dan --how you been ? How is the boy doing?

limom

Not sensitive at all--just very tired of you coming in and trying to roil the waters with your "tidbits" of baseball acumen

I have been told the extreme opposite of what you have been told--- "IF A KID CAN HIT HE PLAYS NO MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE PLATE HE HITS FROM"

Another scout also told me "IF IT AIN"T BROKE DON"T TRY TO FIX IT "

By the way aren't you the same "expert" who claimed hitting wasn't important--speed and defense were the keys to success

Have a nice day !!!
blazer25blazer25100+ posts
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Here are the reasons why-
Most players pull the ball. A first baseman holding on the runner creates a huge hole on the right side, thus creating more singles. Balls pulled down the line and in the gap will enable a player to get more triples, especially those with that sub 7.0 60 speed. Oh, and what about those infield singles from getting that extra jump out of the box?? Now try and discredit that...


LIMOM84???

Uhh how bout the simple fact that the majority of the pitchers in the world are RHP??? Might that have something to do with the desire for LH hitters.....Naw couldn't be that simple...it has to be what you said.
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B Blackheart500+ posts
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FungoFungoHighly Regarded and Beloved Old Timer
Of Baseball America’s top 20 high school position players, 12 are RH hitters, 4 are switch-hitting righties, and 4 are LH hitters. RH or LH makes no difference which fence a batted ball clears…a home run is a home run… 50 RBI’s is better than 40 RBI’s… .300 is better than .250… Much more to hitting a baseball than which batter’s box you step into. Even though many batters, having the advantage of being labeled a left handed hitter or a switch hitter, still fail to make the grade as a hitter.
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