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<blockquote data-quote="JacketFan27" data-source="post: 1164068" data-attributes="member: 9089">Great Info - also, a bit more perspective here.&nbsp; This kid (Cooper Lewis) or any kid that has 97mph next to his name as his &quot;Top Velo&quot; on the Perfect Game rating site......that kid (when he lives in Atlanta and plays for a pretty good/above average travel team like 9th Inning), he got looked at by EVERY SEC and ACC team.&nbsp; Every single one saw him throw repeatedly at East Cobb and at Lakepointe tournaments the past few years.&nbsp; None of them bit on him. So it&#039;s not like Ga Tech was the only one who &quot;missed&quot;. So everyone knew he had arm talent, but he was always a bit wild.&nbsp; I have a Perfect Game account, so I can look stuff up.&nbsp; The summer going into his junior year, across a lot of travel ball innings, he had 43 walks to 38 K&#039;s.&nbsp; He threw 49% strikes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not great. Wild.&nbsp; Was probably low 90&#039;s that summer. The next summer - going into his senior year - he got up to 97 on the gun (elite), but still had 18 walks and 28 K&#039;s and threw 52.9% strikes (so improving, but still, sort of poor control).&nbsp; &nbsp; Generally, pitchers going to big time schools are throwing better than that.&nbsp; Vicens for example, last summer, had 48 K&#039;s to 12 walks, threw strikes 60.5% of the time.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure that profile is similar to Underwood and Wilcox, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So my &quot;educated guess&quot; here is that Lewis was a classic Nuke LaLoosh prospect.&nbsp; Everyone knew he had the heater, but a bit too wild, mechanics not classic.......so likely everyone thought, &quot;man, if this kid improves his control, he&#039;ll really be something&quot;, but Georgia, Auburn, Clemson, Ga Tech, Coastal, Alabama......they all watched him pitch, but just barely passed on him.&nbsp; No one took the educated risk on signing him.&nbsp;&nbsp; So maybe they were all wrong. Against Tech the other day, he threw 47 pitches and 24 were strikes (so a 51% strike ratio), he K&#039;d 4 and walked 3 (and got a couple of huge K&#039;s on full counts).&nbsp;&nbsp; He looked really good, but in the second inning he pitched, he loaded up the bases with walks.....but then with 2 down and bases juiced, he got a huge K on a full count to end the inning,&nbsp; Awesome stuff.&nbsp; But throws 1 more ball there, it&#039;s a different story.&nbsp; But that&#039;s why we love baseball.&nbsp; Gameof inches and all.&nbsp; &nbsp; I wish the kid well, and hopefully he keeps improving his control, stays healthy, and next year, we get him over to the Flats like Patel before him.&nbsp;&nbsp; Go Jackets!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JacketFan27, post: 1164068, member: 9089"] Great Info - also, a bit more perspective here. This kid (Cooper Lewis) or any kid that has 97mph next to his name as his "Top Velo" on the Perfect Game rating site......that kid (when he lives in Atlanta and plays for a pretty good/above average travel team like 9th Inning), he got looked at by EVERY SEC and ACC team. Every single one saw him throw repeatedly at East Cobb and at Lakepointe tournaments the past few years. None of them bit on him. So it's not like Ga Tech was the only one who "missed". So everyone knew he had arm talent, but he was always a bit wild. I have a Perfect Game account, so I can look stuff up. The summer going into his junior year, across a lot of travel ball innings, he had 43 walks to 38 K's. He threw 49% strikes. Not great. Wild. Was probably low 90's that summer. The next summer - going into his senior year - he got up to 97 on the gun (elite), but still had 18 walks and 28 K's and threw 52.9% strikes (so improving, but still, sort of poor control). Generally, pitchers going to big time schools are throwing better than that. Vicens for example, last summer, had 48 K's to 12 walks, threw strikes 60.5% of the time. I'm sure that profile is similar to Underwood and Wilcox, etc. So my "educated guess" here is that Lewis was a classic Nuke LaLoosh prospect. Everyone knew he had the heater, but a bit too wild, mechanics not classic.......so likely everyone thought, "man, if this kid improves his control, he'll really be something", but Georgia, Auburn, Clemson, Ga Tech, Coastal, Alabama......they all watched him pitch, but just barely passed on him. No one took the educated risk on signing him. So maybe they were all wrong. Against Tech the other day, he threw 47 pitches and 24 were strikes (so a 51% strike ratio), he K'd 4 and walked 3 (and got a couple of huge K's on full counts). He looked really good, but in the second inning he pitched, he loaded up the bases with walks.....but then with 2 down and bases juiced, he got a huge K on a full count to end the inning, Awesome stuff. But throws 1 more ball there, it's a different story. But that's why we love baseball. Gameof inches and all. I wish the kid well, and hopefully he keeps improving his control, stays healthy, and next year, we get him over to the Flats like Patel before him. Go Jackets! [/QUOTE]

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