Originally Posted by 2020dad:
Agreed Lion. Our ace last year touched 84 once. He cruised at 79-82.
At our HS (2200) enrolled..... as a varsity RHP if you are not 84-85 your not pitching much... we see 85-88 most all of the time, with a few 90's
Originally Posted by bacdorslider:
Originally Posted by 2020dad:
Agreed Lion. Our ace last year touched 84 once. He cruised at 79-82.
At our HS (2200) enrolled..... as a varsity RHP if you are not 84-85 your not pitching much... we see 85-88 most all of the time, with a few 90's
Same at my alma mater, Joliet Catholic. Have 3 90+ guys this year. But that is not the norm everywhere! Where I coach we play summer ball so anybody throwing mid 80's and up doesn't play. We have two kids in our hallways in that range but they play travel ball not high school ball. If we went to spring baseball they would both play.
Originally Posted by 2020dad:
Originally Posted by bacdorslider:
I would say from what I have seen through the years.... 14-15 yr old velo is not crazy important. Honestly , 2018 is not the norm.... he has a gifted arm. He should be mid 90's as a sr... I would say D1 , outside chance draft.... bu.t still too early to know anything
BUT
My 2013 was 77 as an 8th grader , 81 as a freshman, 83 as a soph , 84 as a sr.... 85 as a freshman (juco) 87-88 as a soph (juco) has mad movement , location, and work ethic.... he's going to Tennessee Tech next season..... years of hard work, and people telling him he was not good enough...
My point is you do not know yet.... too many factors.... BTW 2013 is 2018's pitching coach 
Velo is important.... it gets the scouts to show up.... but 0's on the scoreboard keep you on the mound.
Heaving had 4 sons at this age, and they are all different... put your son in the best league you can where he can succeed... work on all aspects of pitching, play to your strengths... work on the weakness...
Looks like the mph after freshman year were a grind. Did he stop growing early? Was he on a pitcher specific workout? Really happy for him. And you must be proud how hard he worked to grind out those needed mph.
He made a good jump from 8th grade to freshman he went from 6'0 to 6'3.... then during the soph and jr years, needed to "fill out" But again when he went for 20 years old to 21 and in a top JUCO program his velo jumped again... he is a solid 6'3 200 and TTU feels he can reach 90 next year.... as their training table , weight room, trainers are much better.... Yes I am very proud of him, did not think he would get this far.... I also like that he is closer to the degree !
