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My guess on the choice of pitches to swing at has something to do with the philosophy of running up the pitch count and "seeing alot of pitches". I HATE that tactic and it takes away the aggressive bat which is how young players should learn to hit. As far as the pitching goes, Maxprep, PG and PBF do all the scouting now. Just look them up on the website and their ranking and top velo. Don't worry about actually scouting them during an actual game.Gators give up 11 walks tonight and lose 10-8. The bullpen is in shambles!! Did Craig Bell scout these guys or has Sully been sleepwalking for the past 3 years? At the plate, half the hitters were swinging at pitches 3 feet out of the strike zone and watching close pitches with the bat on their shoulders. The Miami series should give us a forecast of what the season holds. Contenders or pretenders?
HS pitchers throwing +90 can throw the ball over the plate all day long and K up a ton. When you get to this level...not so much. Then all of sudden they have to locate and disrupt timing while still finding part of the plate. Oh... and the new wrist band baseball....that's really helping out the pitcher when you keep calling pitches from the dugout that the pitcher knows didn't look good in the pen that day.