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Velocity Matters

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=705

This is an excellent blog post from BA. The cliff's notes are;

When rating a pitching prospect, velocity isn't the only thing, but it matters.

Seven different pitchers have a peak velocity of 100MPH or more. Of those, two did it in the high minors. I'm sure nobody is suprised to see Joba Chamberlain on the list. You might not have expected Felipe Paulino to have hit 102MPH!

I'd say the five best prospects on that list are Paulino, Chamberlain, Kershaw, McGee, and Scherzer.

Once again I am reminded how funky Jeff Samardzija's career has been. 98MPH with a measly 4.1 K/9 in 2007?

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