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CUBluejays

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5280 on: July 17, 2018, 04:19:15 pm »
Quote from: ben on July 17, 2018, 04:10:53 pm
Guys, most MLB pitchers hit middle of the order on their high school teams.  HUGE difference between what amateurs have ever faced and MLB pitching!

Pitchers are specializing and less likely to even pick up a bat in high school. 
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ben

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« Reply #5281 on: July 17, 2018, 04:58:55 pm »
CUBluejays, you are right about lots of high school pitchers not hitting...the #1 problem virtually all amateurs would have vs MLB pitchers is the COMBINATION of breaking stuff and FBs.

Some amateurs can time 90-something, but can't begin to handle the differences in pitches thrown from the same arm slot to different quadrants...and MLB pitchers can "smell" what amateur etc. hitters are sitting on.   A lot of very good high school and college hitters can't handle good breaking stuff, which is why they can't advance to pro ball at any level.

Adding changing of speeds wouldn't really be necessary for MLB pitchers to wipe out amateurs. 

If given 100 ABs vs a MLB pitcher in season, an amateur might get lucky now and then, but it would take them one helluva lot of reps to even get to that point!

Hitting a baseball thrown by an elite pitcher (as all MLB pitchers are) is REALLY REALLY, hard!
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5282 on: July 17, 2018, 05:03:11 pm »
I should have said adding change ups wouldn't be necessary for MLB pitchers to wipe out amateurs...they throw HARD breaking stuff that's slower than their FBs, but looks the same coming out of the hand to non-professional hitters.  It's sort of amazing any human being can hit that combination.  The reaction times and fearlessness of elite hitters are borderline inhuman.
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chgojhawk

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« Reply #5283 on: July 17, 2018, 05:59:49 pm »
My comment and follow up stemmed from discussion about timing 100 mph fastballs.  I am confident I can still hit a 100 mph fastball from a pitching machine but I am equally (or more) confident that I couldn't hit a MLB pitcher with any level of consistency.
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chgojhawk

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5284 on: July 17, 2018, 06:14:12 pm »
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time.  He hired and worked with the best hitting coaches available and he could barely hit .200 in AAA.  Of course he still swung the bat like a girl so I'm surprised he hit that high.

The bottom line is that MLB pitchers are silly good.  But if they only have a straight fastball which is always a strike (like a batting cage) they will get hit.  Plenty of pitchers to litter that list.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5285 on: July 17, 2018, 06:19:41 pm »
Quote from: chgojhawk on July 17, 2018, 06:14:12 pm
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time.  He hired and worked with the best hitting coaches available and he could barely hit .200 in AAA.  Of course he still swung the bat like a girl so I'm surprised he hit that high.

It'll be interesting to see what Tebow does when the Mets finally decide they want to at least sell some tickets to their games in September and have a late season uptick in jersey sales. 

There's pretty much a 100% chance Tebow's getting called up in September if he's still hitting like he has the last month and a half in Double-A, right?
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5286 on: July 17, 2018, 06:20:20 pm »
Quote from: chgojhawk on July 17, 2018, 06:14:12 pm
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time.  He hired and worked with the best hitting coaches available and he could barely hit .200 in AAA.  Of course he still swung the bat like a girl so I'm surprised he hit that high.

The bottom line is that MLB pitchers are silly good.  But if they only have a straight fastball which is always a strike (like a batting cage) they will get hit.  Plenty of pitchers to litter that list.
In defense of some female softball hitters, swinging like a girl is not much of a denigration any longer.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5287 on: July 17, 2018, 06:23:15 pm »
Quote from: CurtOne on July 17, 2018, 06:20:20 pm
In defense of some female softball hitters, swinging like a girl is not much of a denigration any longer.

Heck, Jennie Finch made Torii Hunter look pretty foolish in that celebrity softball game yesterday.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5288 on: July 17, 2018, 11:35:54 pm »
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5289 on: July 18, 2018, 08:29:06 pm »
Nico Hoerner to the 7-day DL.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5290 on: July 19, 2018, 12:17:17 am »
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5291 on: July 19, 2018, 03:53:48 am »
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5292 on: July 19, 2018, 04:13:50 am »
Roederer clearly too good for Arizona.  Major league callup.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5293 on: July 19, 2018, 07:40:07 am »
Andy Weber is 1-15 with 10 ks. Not a strong start for the young man.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #5294 on: July 19, 2018, 12:53:44 pm »
Maybe that is a good thing.  Didn't Bryant go 0 - 5 with 5 strike outs?
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