Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-31-18

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa had the day off

 

Tennessee PPD - Rain

 

Myrtle Beach won 10-7 Box Score

 

South Bend lost 6-5 Box Score

 

Eugene in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 had the day off

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 5-0 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-4 (10 innings) Box Score

[Hrubes20]

Lange needs to have a monster K day today. And to also get back the 3-4 mph on his fastball from his Frosh year at LSU.

[CubsWin]

Lange needs to have a monster K day today. And to also get back the 3-4 mph on his fastball from his Frosh year at LSU.

I don't know if that velocity from 4 years ago is going to return (it could), but if he's gonna have a monster K day, it's likely going to be because of the excellent change up he was showing earlier this season.

[davell]

Don't think Lange listened today.

[Hrubes20]

Lange needs to have a monster K day today. And to also get back the 3-4 mph on his fastball from his Frosh year at LSU.

I don't know if that velocity from 4 years ago is going to return (it could), but if he's gonna have a monster K day, it's likely going to be because of the excellent change up he was showing earlier this season.

 

The velocity bit was tongue in cheek. It’s never coming back.

 

Lange has really been quite terrible of late. May as well join the rest of the preseason pitching prospects we cared about.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nelson Velazquez in CF for the Emeralds tonight. Get some hits too, preferably for XBs!

 

Nelson just hit HR #6.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Christopher Morel has 2 doubles so far today and has really come on in the AZL. .939 OPS at this exact moment (only 42 PA).

[Hrubes20]

 

It would hardly be unprecedented for a healthy arm to gain velocity as a pro, particularly nowadays with more research than ever available to teams and reps on the subject.

 

I honestly can't think of one guy who had such a drop in velo during his college years; still didn't gain anything back after a year of professional coaching; and then went on to suddenly find that lost velocity again after 3-4 years. But then again we are dealing with a fairly rare situation in the first place. I mean, the first part alone probably limits the sample size immensely. Healthy arms don't generally lose velocity at all during a player's late teens and early 20's.

[KingCubsFan]

Healthy arms don't generally lose velocity at all during a player's late teens and early 20's.

 

Huh?

[Hrubes20]

Healthy arms don't generally lose velocity at all during a player's late teens and early 20's.

 

Huh?

 

A prep player that is throwing 94 at 18, will in the vast majority of cases, still be throwing 94 as a 21 year old as long as his arm has been healthy. There have been some studies showing this. The studies were actually aimed at finding out the percentage of players that see their velocity increase from their prep years. (spoiler, actually not that many).

[KingCubsFan]

Healthy arms don't generally lose velocity at all during a player's late teens and early 20's.

 

Huh?

 

A prep player that is throwing 94 at 18, will in the vast majority of cases, still be throwing 94 as a 21 year old as long as his arm has been healthy. There have been some studies showing this. The studies were actually aimed at finding out the percentage of players that see their velocity increase from their prep years. (spoiler, actually not that many).

That's interesting. I'd be interested to see the article if you have a link. I always thought it was fairly common for a young pitcher to lose velocity.