Great post O44!
quote:Originally posted by 20dad:
Zach Greinke is a great example of this, didn't pitch untill his sr year of high school. this may have merit,but for every example like this you can show ten that always threw.
Well sorta. I live about 2 miles from Zachs high school, know his dad and my kid played with his brother Luke on a scout team. Zach pitched a bit during high school. He was a legit two-way player, although foot speed was not great. He could hit, field and throw. He had an electric arm through high school and showed it off in the field...and pitched some before senior year. His brother Luke, now at Auburn, also has the arm speed, but pitched little but pitched. He did pitch though and was basicly Auburns closer as a freshman. Zach and Lukes dad Don Greinke did a very good job limiting innings without alienating coaches.
I recall a statistic that was 70% of MLB pitchers were from north of the Mason-Dixon line.
i met zach in jupiter after he was drafted,he was there to watch his little brother.who we were playing against. my mistake about the pitching, maybe he said didn't pitch much. anyway i apoligize for not being factual.
interesting number 70%. i wonder if it's the lack of playing or innings?
interesting number 70%. i wonder if it's the lack of playing or innings?
He pitched so little before senior year he actually might have forgotten. Compared to nearly everyone else, the Greinkes pitched next to nothing before getting out of high school. They were both excellent position players. Hardly connecting the dots but the time off that northern pitchers get offseason seems to lengthen careers.