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'There are more pitchers who possess 90-plus fastballs these days who are not pro prospects.' In an interesting conversation this past summer in Mystic a prominent east coast scout for a MLB organization flat out stated, So, is throwing a 90 mph fastball important? All pitchers must embrace the challenge of being the best pitcher they can be.

Maybe I am posting this for him and the other guys who perhaps were prematurely disheartened falling short of the 'magic number'. In my mind there is no better way to spend a summer. Together we spend each day over the course of nine summer weeks working, tweaking, talking, calculating, experimenting, and immersing ourselves into baseball pitching. As a pitching coach in an elite summer league this remains the most significant down side, the fact that I may never cross paths with most of these guys after a summer, maybe two.

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I never had the chance to spend enough quality bullpen time with him (not that I have the guaranteed solution, I don't believe anyone does) and give him some ideas (that i'll share with you below) to confidently take his game to the professional level. Personally I think he could be gotten over 90. But, he never had similar success after that summer and consequently stopped playing soon after college. The season continued and this kid was great to the end, helping us to the playoffs and pitching one of the most dominant performances in Schooners history for his last outing. At the all-star game my main job was to be ready to get behind the backstop when he got his inning of work (it was the seventh I believe) and check for the magic number - the 90 mph reading. One particular time, time seven years ago, we had a great pitcher on our Schooners team, an all-star who was dominant all summer with a three pitch arsenal as good as anyone in our league ( NECBL). I have been asked by some of my Mystic Schooners pitchers to hover near the scouts in attendance and get their velocity reading. How many of us have hunted for the college or pro scouts at a game? Or took a walk into the sacred area in the stands or behind the backstops to check velocity readings?Ī quick story about the elusive 90 mph fastball We all know who the coaches and scouts are, don't we? They are the ones with their team's logo on a shirt, hat, folding chair, and briefcase. During workout sessions the first question I often hear is, 'Did you bring the gun?' It is a sign of modern day amateur baseball in America to see the Stalker, Pocket Radar, or Jugs guns hoisted at arms length of the 'decision makers'. Pitchers anxiously await the arrival of the radar gun to games or bullpen sessions like young children waiting for Santa to deliver presents on Christmas Eve. The radar gun can be evil at times but it does not lie.

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