Generic minor league thread - Until the Great Rico returns

[Enscheff]

What about that ELITE extension though?

I'm sure extension necessarily causes fastballs to be "perceived" as having higher velocity or not (in all or most cases), but it could certainly be a contributing factor to his success.

Folks are assuming batters don't start tracking a ball until it leaves the pitcher's hand, which is probably not completely accurate in all (or most) cases. What if batters track/time a pitch much earlier than the time of release? If that's the case, then where the pitcher releases the ball would have very little impact on "perceived" velocity.

Does work exist that shows the effects of perceived velocity vs actual velocity?

[bravesfanMatt]

4 mlb starts. He is still maturing as a pitcher. I have no problems with him coming up and getting exposed and then taking that knowledge to improve against weaker opponents. I am always interested in his minor league starts.

[The Chosen One]

4 mlb starts. He is still maturing as a pitcher. I have no problems with him coming up and getting exposed and then taking that knowledge to improve against weaker opponents. I am always interested in his minor league starts.

The issue is, when he was drafted as a polished college starter he was already considered a matured pitcher.

This isn't him getting drafted out of high school like Soroka. Someone like Strasburg made an immediate impact. Wright was drafted pretty high so he should be making an impact soon.

It took Minor a few years to be above average. He was drafted around the same situation as Wright.

[Tapate50]

Does work exist that shows the effects of perceived velocity vs actual velocity?

Hey man I just work here.