The player can't hit anything above 85 mph

That is so true, we came across a player (OF) who was drafted out of high school, he had a .493 batting average his sr year, but was playing in a relatively weak high school league, in his first year of rockie ball he batted .193, this last season also rockie he batted .149, both years with very high SO rates...

I have like the complete OPPOSITE problem,i can turn on fast pitching,i got quick hands but when the slow dunky balls come in,im not able to hit them.Like last year in varsity , i went 2 for 3 off 2 great pitchers, one is at University of maryland now and one who is at georgia tech(also was suppose to be drafted but wasnt)and in summer ball ive hit good pitchers who average in the mid 80's but when a slow picture comes in,it throws me off.I'm hoping it will help me in the long run considering pitching will get faster.

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Originally posted by Frank Martin:
"The player can't hit anything above 85 mph"


I had heard this recently about a number of High school players, one even projected by many teams to be drafted in the first round in 2008.

A little pointer

if you want to play college baseball you better be able to turn on an 85 mph plus fastball

if you want to play pro ball you better be able to turn on an 90 mph plus fastball

No one cares what you do against High school pitching AVG 78-79 mph. They likley will not be pitching in college much less pro ball.

Can't beleive that a potential first rounder can't hit over 85mph FB BUT.....

I do agree with all of the other points.

Hitters that can hit the 90+mph do have a hard time against the junk ball slower pitcher. However, most will make an adjustment after an inning or two and that is what seperates the good hitters from the fair hitters. You will see plenty of slow pitching in college, it's not all 90mph (depending on where you play and conference), you just have to learn to adjust to each type of pitcher that you face and that IMO is a skill all by itself.