TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES
The pitching depth at the 2009 Under Armour Pre-season All-America Tournament was likely the best in the history of this event. Fifteen pitchers touched at least 87, while another fourteen topped out at 86. Twenty four pitchers hit 88 mph or higher, with six of those at 90 mph or better. University of South Carolina signee Colby Holmes topped this category, hitting 94 mph on the JUGS gun.
While it is impressive for such a large number of pitchers to show velocity in January, it should be pointed out that velocity alone makes neither a fastball nor a pitcher. As is getting to be the case with many topics, there is fastball velocity content on the Baseball Factory blog.
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ
Release times, running times, and pitch velocities were gathered by our scouting staff at this event – just as they are at every Baseball Factory event. Our scouts are well trained, experienced and professional in their fair and unbiased approach to evaluating each player. Scouting is subjective by nature, but running an accurate stopwatch is a skill that is developed with experience. As such, the times recorded for each player are an accurate measure of the specific performance that was scouted.
With that in mind, please look at the below numbers as what they are. They are measurements of a particular skill performed by a player at a specific time, taken by capable and experienced scouts. That particular time or velocity for a particular player may have been his best, worst, or somewhere in the middle. We are fully aware (since we previously scouted every player in attendance) that many players have run faster, thrown harder, or posted lower release times at a previous event (Baseball Factory or otherwise).
Top fastball velocities appear in order by top end velocity, and further sorted by the low end of the velocity range. Several players have made college commitments, they appear in ( ).
94 – Colby Holmes – RHP, 5-11/190, 2009, Conway HS – Conway, SC (Univ. of South Carolina)
93 – Josh Dahl – RHP, 6-0/200, 2009, Deer Valley HS – Glendale, AZ (Central Arizona Coll.)
92 – Sam Selman – LHP, 6-3/160, 2009, St. Andrews Episcopal HS – Austin, TX (Vanderbilt Univ.)
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