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metsFan
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 Posted - 06/12/2011 : 16:23:03
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| When selecting players, how important is pitching in terms of evaluating potential players for your roster? Do you not consider a player if his pitching is not strong? |
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ecbinsider
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Posted - 06/12/2011 : 18:27:23
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| Not a head coach but it depends on what the make up of the team is now, if they have 6-7 arms already they might be looking for the best available so pitching would not be that important. On the flip side, the more you can bring to the team the better because you don't know if injuries or other issues will affect a teams pitching depth |
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squawkbox
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Posted - 06/13/2011 : 08:37:50
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| Yeah - 6-7 is a good number for pitchers. The next thing to look for, when all things are considered is speed. Given two players with equal bats, I take the faster of the two every time, regardless of fielding ability. Make sure you have a good CF with speed and the ability to get good jumps. |
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SSBuckeye
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Posted - 06/13/2011 : 12:10:55
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| We played 7 games in 2 days at the SNIT this year. We could not have finished with only 6-7 pitchers. We have 10 kids and all 10 pitch. It's important to spread out the innings to keep arms healthy and fresh. A kid does not have to be a stud pitcher, but it is certainly helpful if he can eat up a few innings when needed. |
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field6
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Posted - 06/13/2011 : 15:29:11
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| Pitching is a plus when it comes to state tournament but you have asked a tough question. Having depth in pitching is a must. However, having a well balanced team is crucial as well. From what I have seen you can never have enough pitching. Saying all that a good catcher that can hit but can't pitch. I would take that kid anyday. I think the average for pitching is 6-8. Once you have the pitching established its crucial to balance the rest of the team with speed hitting, and defense. |
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Spartan4
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Posted - 06/13/2011 : 23:39:45
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Originally posted by SSBuckeye
We played 7 games in 2 days at the SNIT this year. We could not have finished with only 6-7 pitchers. We have 10 kids and all 10 pitch. It's important to spread out the innings to keep arms healthy and fresh. A kid does not have to be a stud pitcher, but it is certainly helpful if he can eat up a few innings when needed.
True that.....If a kid can give you 2 innings that is a BIG BIG plus, our team doesn't have the most pitching but here lately we have had kids step up and pitch great. A kid who didn't pitch often early has given us 8 scoreless innings over his last 10 innings pitched!! That is a HUGE advantage because now we have one more kid to turn too. Last season we had 3 maybe 4 kids our team could really turn to and it was crazy how fast the innings piled up, 6-8 pitchers with 2-3 of them being above average would make a team extremely successful, especially in giant tourneys like Cooperstown, Battle of the South or any of the other majoy world series events. |
Edited by - Spartan4 on 06/14/2011 07:48:18 |
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