Exactly. There are lots of high school pitchers who throw harder than lots of

Jun 5, 2018
4:30:28pm

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major leaguers. There's a reason why most of those high schoolers never make it to AA, if they ever play professionally at all.

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POLL: If you had 9 at bats against any MLB pitcher, how many times do you strike out?

HeismanTy

6/4/18 8:38pm

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DaCougEye

6/4/18 8:40pm

agree to disagree!

HeismanTy

6/4/18 8:41pm

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DaCougEye

6/5/18 2:32pm

it's not the speed--location and movement are the problem.

HeismanTy

6/5/18 4:26pm

Exactly. There are lots of high school pitchers who throw harder than lots of

Scratch

6/5/18 4:30pm

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DaCougEye

6/5/18 6:47pm

I doubt it.

StantonMac

6/4/18 8:41pm

Not a chance

BYUnerd

6/4/18 8:42pm

That would be decent for a major leaguer.

BigEasyCougar

6/4/18 8:50pm

I think could be possible for 2reasons:

mvtoro

6/4/18 10:09pm

My uncle olay3d for the yankees, ny cousin,hia son was a college pitcher

CarolinaCoug

6/4/18 8:45pm

You sure it didn't hit you in the head?

BYUnerd

6/4/18 8:48pm

Are you sure you saw it? Probably saw a gnat.

Baron

6/4/18 8:49pm

holy wow.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/4/18 9:01pm

If it's Pedro Baez I'd probably walk at least 6 of the 9 times

AZ Coug

6/4/18 8:47pm

Then they wouldn’t be at bats. Even if you walked a few times you would still

Scratch

6/4/18 8:57pm

You haven't watched Baez.

AZ Coug

6/4/18 9:00pm

you're still not getting it. walks are not counted as at bats.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/4/18 9:02pm

Yep, if the question was “plate appearances” then you might be able to get the

Scratch

6/4/18 9:05pm

You're still not getting it. It's a joke. 🙂

AZ Coug

6/4/18 9:11pm

I don't believe you.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/4/18 9:45pm

I guess I could ask Baez for a shot the next time I see him at Denny's

AZ Coug

6/4/18 9:54pm

I played high school baseball for a powerhouse program...so I can confidently say

JOPE

6/4/18 8:58pm

Do I get to pick the pitcher?

wabluecoug

6/4/18 9:12pm

yes any current pitcher

HeismanTy

6/4/18 9:20pm

I’ll take Steven Wright. I might be able to get extremely lucky and barely put

Scratch

6/4/18 9:48pm

I love people that seriously vote anything but 9. You keep being you!

shimmy

6/4/18 9:37pm

Anyone that played HS ball and is less than 40 wouldn’t strike out all 9 times.

SlantRoute

6/4/18 9:43pm

Yeah they would. The MLB pitcher would likely be a couple standard deviations better than anyone they ever got

shimmy

6/4/18 9:49pm

That’s fine that you didn’t play in HS. So I’m not counting you.

SlantRoute

6/4/18 10:12pm

Our HS pitcher was drafted #4 overall and I had no trouble hitting him,

Gorum the Old

6/5/18 6:45am

You couldn’t hit a MLB curve or slider choking up with a half swing. Let alone

Scratch

6/4/18 9:51pm

The pitcher could call out the pitch before they throw it and it wouldn’t make a difference. Every MLB pitcher has

shimmy

6/4/18 9:53pm

Yep. Just because you got a few hits off a high schooler who could hit 88 on the

Scratch

6/4/18 9:59pm

I don’t need to get a hit though. Just need to dribble one down in fair territory.

SlantRoute

6/4/18 10:14pm

You’d be lucky to foul a couple off.

shimmy

6/4/18 10:15pm

I had a fairly successful college(JC) baseball career (~20years ago) but I doubt

BigEasyCougar

6/5/18 5:07am

27 swings of the bat and I wouldn't get close once.

RC Vikings

6/4/18 9:38pm

BTW, the pitcher you want to face is Josh Tomlin. He has a record high FIP right now and velocity is down.

shimmy

6/4/18 10:05pm

I would try to find a fringe knuckleballer

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