Comments on: Baseball in the South http://mentalbaseball.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/baseball-in-the-south/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mentalbaseball http://mentalbaseball.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/baseball-in-the-south/#comment-15 mentalbaseball Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:40:03 +0000 http://mentalbaseball.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-15 Thanks for the comment. You're right, quality players can come from anywhere. However, more of the position players come from the warm weather states because they play more games and can practice more often. You're still seeing a lot of pitchers come from the north, however, for a couple of reasons. Fewer overuse injuries because they don't appear in as many innings as an amateur from the south. And the other reason is that scouting on pitchers is based a little more on talent and projection rather than today's skills. For example, a 6-2 lefthander throwing 90 is going to receive attention regardless of his win/loss success. You can project him to throw harder and, well, he's a lefthander. And scouts believe a kid like that can at least develop some sort of second and third pitch. It doesn't matter where he lives. Positions players are different. Sure the stud hitter who can hit the ball 450 feet stands out everywhere. However, hitters who don't fit that profile are a little harder to project, particularly if they haven't played in a lot of games or faced higher competition. Also, fielders are going to be more polished with the more games they play. That's just a matter of repetition. I'm not saying it is fair. I'm just saying that's my opinion. Thanks for the comment. You’re right, quality players can come from anywhere. However, more of the position players come from the warm weather states because they play more games and can practice more often. You’re still seeing a lot of pitchers come from the north, however, for a couple of reasons. Fewer overuse injuries because they don’t appear in as many innings as an amateur from the south. And the other reason is that scouting on pitchers is based a little more on talent and projection rather than today’s skills. For example, a 6-2 lefthander throwing 90 is going to receive attention regardless of his win/loss success. You can project him to throw harder and, well, he’s a lefthander. And scouts believe a kid like that can at least develop some sort of second and third pitch. It doesn’t matter where he lives.

Positions players are different. Sure the stud hitter who can hit the ball 450 feet stands out everywhere. However, hitters who don’t fit that profile are a little harder to project, particularly if they haven’t played in a lot of games or faced higher competition. Also, fielders are going to be more polished with the more games they play. That’s just a matter of repetition.

I’m not saying it is fair. I’m just saying that’s my opinion.

]]> By: kansasblogger http://mentalbaseball.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/baseball-in-the-south/#comment-13 kansasblogger Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:39:15 +0000 http://mentalbaseball.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-13 I was on Drinkpurple.com and noticed the difference between college and pro baseball: it doesn't matter where you are from, quality players can come from anywhere. It also became clear to me that while college baseball is huge in the south, the pros only really make a difference in Florida. Just observations. I was on Drinkpurple.com and noticed the difference between college and pro baseball: it doesn’t matter where you are from, quality players can come from anywhere. It also became clear to me that while college baseball is huge in the south, the pros only really make a difference in Florida. Just observations.

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