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<blockquote data-quote="randerto" data-source="post: 803836" data-attributes="member: 5198"><p>A) We're fortunate to have Hall as he consistently has recruited top offensive talent - enough to make us a respectable/competitive team every year. Like CPJ's Defenses, Hall has also consistently struggled having enough quality pitching depth with overall lack of development. But one could make the argument very few in college baseball have been able to do that consistently. I put our poor performance in the playoffs more on the players than the head coach - in recent years directly correlated mostly to pitching challenges.</p><p>B) An ATL urban legend from a recruiting and MLB draft perspective. But not from a pitching development perspective. Frankly, the jury is still out on our new pitching coach as he has not improved our overall ability to throw strikes (even with the new "lab") - just the opposite it appears. Maybe back to the fundamentals vs enamoured with the shiny new toys in the lab - not sure. All that sophisticated pitch calling with notes on forearms isn't working either...</p><p>C) Without enough pitchers who can throw strikes, not sure if we put that on Hall or the players... I personally put it on the pitching coach and players. Hall can pull them quicker, but who does he go to...</p><p>D) Agree. We're deeper this year relative to recent years in terms of how many pitchers can hit low to mid 90's but worse in terms of control. Pitching effectiveness is driven more by control. And remember control isn't measured only by BB and HBP but also balls thrown belt-high down the middle and wild pitches too. MLB draft potential is driven more by speed and perceived "upside" and we have more of that. So we are in trouble in the playoffs once again unless multiple pitchers rise to the occasion and perform to their potential (ie throw strikes). Grissom is a great example - you can clearly see the kid's potential and upside but he'll groove 2 out of 10 pitches belt-high down the middle - if he can improve his control, he could be awesome. Ditto across the board...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randerto, post: 803836, member: 5198"] A) We're fortunate to have Hall as he consistently has recruited top offensive talent - enough to make us a respectable/competitive team every year. Like CPJ's Defenses, Hall has also consistently struggled having enough quality pitching depth with overall lack of development. But one could make the argument very few in college baseball have been able to do that consistently. I put our poor performance in the playoffs more on the players than the head coach - in recent years directly correlated mostly to pitching challenges. B) An ATL urban legend from a recruiting and MLB draft perspective. But not from a pitching development perspective. Frankly, the jury is still out on our new pitching coach as he has not improved our overall ability to throw strikes (even with the new "lab") - just the opposite it appears. Maybe back to the fundamentals vs enamoured with the shiny new toys in the lab - not sure. All that sophisticated pitch calling with notes on forearms isn't working either... C) Without enough pitchers who can throw strikes, not sure if we put that on Hall or the players... I personally put it on the pitching coach and players. Hall can pull them quicker, but who does he go to... D) Agree. We're deeper this year relative to recent years in terms of how many pitchers can hit low to mid 90's but worse in terms of control. Pitching effectiveness is driven more by control. And remember control isn't measured only by BB and HBP but also balls thrown belt-high down the middle and wild pitches too. MLB draft potential is driven more by speed and perceived "upside" and we have more of that. So we are in trouble in the playoffs once again unless multiple pitchers rise to the occasion and perform to their potential (ie throw strikes). Grissom is a great example - you can clearly see the kid's potential and upside but he'll groove 2 out of 10 pitches belt-high down the middle - if he can improve his control, he could be awesome. Ditto across the board... [/QUOTE]
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