When asked about all the homers so far in the baseball regionals ….
With the shorter draft and Covid there are a lot of 22-24yos in college baseball right now. They’re physically developed. There’s a lot of “man” power.
- John Savage, UCLA coach
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It’s a real thing, for sure. My 19 year old is a big kid, loves the weight room, weighs over 200 with minimal body fat, but he definitely looks like a teenager compared to the 5th year Senior grownups
Older players, hitters being able to train velocity and all sorts of off speed all year long, and the strength training/nutrition combo platter all help plus the draft changes.
Sorry to bring it up here but the HS classes of 20/21/22/23/24 all will be hurt by this old man thing. I read here or on twitter that the 2 starting pitchers today or yesterdays game in the D1 JUCO WS were 2018 & 2019 HS graduates. This is working its way all the way thru the system. I think Texas State has 6 starting position players who are 6th year seniors.
@used2lurk posted:Sorry to bring it up here but the HS classes of 20/21/22/23/24 all will be hurt by this old man thing. I read here or on twitter that the 2 starting pitchers today or yesterdays game in the D1 JUCO WS were 2018 & 2019 HS graduates. This is working its way all the way thru the system. I think Texas State has 6 starting position players who are 6th year seniors.
It hurts them re Baseball, to a degree, yes, however I’ll say that at any age if you can play you can play. If you hit, you don’t sit etc
it helps those age groups to be younger rookies in pro ball and/or to be younger in entering the workforce post-Baseball
