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@johnvarlas: MUS pitcher @wdanielharris says he'll play his college ball at Tennessee. Harris is 9-0 this season.

Varlas is Commercial Appeal Preps Reporter...

So that means 2 from MUS plus walk-on catcher from last year
 
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PG had his fastball at 86 last summer

Daniel Harris is a 2012 RHP with a 5-10 178 lb. frame from Memphis, TN who attends Memphis University School. Harris has a high 3/4 arm slot, long quick arm action, good feel for straight change up, online delivery that is easy to repeat, good arm side run on arm side run, change up has 11/5 spin that shows sharpness, solid command, outstanding student.
PG Grade: 8.0 [Grading Scale]
 
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no offense, but is this the proper place to put a baseball committ. every time I see we got a new committ thread I open it hoping for a highly touted dt or rb. Getting a pitcher doesn't exactly make things that much more exciting
 
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#1ArencibiaFan said:
PG had his fastball at 86 last summer

Daniel Harris is a 2012 RHP with a 5-10 178 lb. frame from Memphis, TN who attends Memphis University School. Harris has a high 3/4 arm slot, long quick arm action, good feel for straight change up, online delivery that is easy to repeat, good arm side run on arm side run, change up has 11/5 spin that shows sharpness, solid command, outstanding student.
PG Grade: 8.0 [Grading Scale]
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Just reading that made me realize I know nothing about baseball. I hope he does well though.
 
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#1ArencibiaFan said:
PG had his fastball at 86 last summer

Daniel Harris is a 2012 RHP with a 5-10 178 lb. frame from Memphis, TN who attends Memphis University School. Harris has a high 3/4 arm slot, long quick arm action, good feel for straight change up, online delivery that is easy to repeat, good arm side run on arm side run, change up has 11/5 spin that shows sharpness, solid command, outstanding student.
PG Grade: 8.0 [Grading Scale]
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I typically don't interject on these things, but whoever wrote this report doesn't have the slightest clue about evaluating a pitcher.

Long and quick? That's like saying Kevin Gregg and David Robertson have identical throwing motions.

11/5 spin? That's a lefty breaking ball. If he's really spinning a 11/5 hook, somebody taught him the Dice-K Gyro-ball. Righty spin is 1/7 (think about it).

Basically, we are getting an undersized pitcher who may or may not be right handed that also throws a backwards curveball and whose arm action has both yin and yang qualities. Interesting...
 
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Lost in Gatorland said:
Just reading that made me realize I know nothing about baseball. I hope he does well though.
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I'd venture to say your knowledge of baseball is at least on par with the writer of that review. The reason you didn't understand it was because it is riddled with technical errors and sloppy, misuse of baseball jargon.
 
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beavbullvol said:
I typically don't interject on these things, but whoever wrote this report doesn't have the slightest clue about evaluating a pitcher.

Long and quick? That's like saying Kevin Gregg and David Robertson have identical throwing motions.

11/5 spin? That's a lefty breaking ball. If he's really spinning a 11/5 hook, somebody taught him the Dice-K Gyro-ball. Righty spin is 1/7 (think about it).

Basically, we are getting an undersized pitcher who may or may not be right handed that also throws a backwards curveball and whose arm action has both yin and yang qualities. Interesting...
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I noticed that too. Lots of errors in there. "Good arm side run on arm side run"...lol
 
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beavbullvol said:
I typically don't interject on these things, but whoever wrote this report doesn't have the slightest clue about evaluating a pitcher.

Long and quick? That's like saying Kevin Gregg and David Robertson have identical throwing motions.

11/5 spin? That's a lefty breaking ball. If he's really spinning a 11/5 hook, somebody taught him the Dice-K Gyro-ball. Righty spin is 1/7 (think about it).

Basically, we are getting an undersized pitcher who may or may not be right handed that also throws a backwards curveball and whose arm action has both yin and yang qualities. Interesting...
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I noticed this as well. My son is a lefty and I was thinking .... darn, I don't know near as much about baseball as I though I did...lol
 
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Ok that review is a little messy. However, he said his change up has 11/5 spin. Not curve ball. This just means his change up cuts toward a righty and that is completely normal for a right handed pitcher.
 
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ReebaVol said:
Ok that review is a little messy. However, he said his change up has 11/5 spin. Not curve ball. This just means his change up cuts toward a righty and that is completely normal for a right handed pitcher.
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+1 never said anything about a curve. the review is still plenty strange. never heard of a long and quick delivery.
 
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ReebaVol said:
Ok that review is a little messy. However, he said his change up has 11/5 spin. Not curve ball. This just means his change up cuts toward a righty and that is completely normal for a right handed pitcher.
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Please don't take my correction as harsh sarcasm, but 'cut' indicates a ball that runs away from a righty (from a right handed pitcher).

Fade is to describe a change up that falls away from a lefty and in to a righty.

The truth is, a good pitcher learns or is taught how to throw a truly straight change and not some stock pitch that ultimately drifts down and into the hitter (regardless of which side of the plate).

I got paid to play so I'm a bit testy on stuff like this! :)
 
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beavbullvol said:
I typically don't interject on these things, but whoever wrote this report doesn't have the slightest clue about evaluating a pitcher.

Long and quick? That's like saying Kevin Gregg and David Robertson have identical throwing motions.

11/5 spin? That's a lefty breaking ball. If he's really spinning a 11/5 hook, somebody taught him the Dice-K Gyro-ball. Righty spin is 1/7 (think about it).

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ReebaVol said:
Ok that review is a little messy. However, he said his change up has 11/5 spin. Not curve ball. This just means his change up cuts toward a righty and that is completely normal for a right handed pitcher.
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Not really. You don't describe changes like that. Not sure what that person as trying to do there.
 
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ReebaVol said:
Ok that review is a little messy. However, he said his change up has 11/5 spin. Not curve ball. This just means his change up cuts toward a righty and that is completely normal for a right handed pitcher.
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Yea. In reality the term 11/5 or 1/7 etc. is used very rarely and I can't even say with certainty from what perspective the terminology derives. Obviously from the pitchers perspective an 11/5 CB is a 1/7 CB as viewed from behind home plate. Point being, its irrelevant really from which perspective, because either one means the same thing. Breaking stuff moves glove side. Period. No need to think about it that hard.

Also, you're correct that he said change up and I'm pretty sure no human can achieve that kind of spin on a change up, especially from that arm slot. 10/4 from dead sidearm is even hard for me to imagine.
 
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chattavol420 said:
no offense, but is this the proper place to put a baseball committ. every time I see we got a new committ thread I open it hoping for a highly touted dt or rb. Getting a pitcher doesn't exactly make things that much more exciting
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No offense, but I put in the Baseball forum.
 
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