I had a 95mph fastball in high school ('89) and I played minors with the Phillies. Why didn't I get drafted?

Question

I played American Legion and all the scouts were after me! Fresno St., Wichita St., U of GA.(big baseball schools for those that know) all tried to get me but I decided to skip college and rely on raw talent, not many can throw 95mph at 17 yrs. old. But the minors cut me. Is that my answer? Not attending college!

Answer 1

Have to get the pitch over the plate first.

Answer 2

bcuz that was probably ur only gud pitch

Answer 3

you didnt go to college.

Answer 4

someone else asked the same question down to the raw talent, cept he threw 125mph.   You both are one of the same and full of it.

Answer 5

this guy is a liar again.

Answer 6

In the immortal words of Kevin Costner, "What you need is a curveball! In The Show, everybody can hit a fastball."

Answer 7

maybe should of went to college and then you would of got better and pro scouts go to colleges more than high schools that is why you didnt get drafted. just because you have speed doesnt meen your good you have to be accurated and have offspeed pitches

Answer 8

You need to have more than a fastball.  a good changeup is a must. otherwise the AAA hitters will sit on it.  several pitches are needed.

Answer 9

I heard it was a120 mph fastball . . . .

Answer 10

If you played for the Phillies organization then you obviously got drafted, and no college doesn't mean anything for baseball.  It just takes longer for someone from HS to make it to the bigs then it takes most drafted from college.  I used to play in the Marlins organization.

Answer 11

1- You can not rely on only 1 pitch.

2- You fastball has to move. If it stays straight, ML hitters will hit it even if its 100 mph

3- Scouts look for work ethic.

If you were in the minors with the Phillies, you got drafted at some point, unless you just had a tryout for a scout.

Answer 12

how was your control?  did you have any arm problems or a funky delivery that could cause arm problems?  did you have a developed secondary pitch that you could go to in any count?  there are lots of possible reasons.

at the junior college i go to every pitcher that comes in leaves throwing a change up in any count in any situation of a game.  doesnt matter if they throw one when they get there or not.  they throw it by the time they leave or they get cut.

Answer 13

No control, if you played for the Phillies organization you were drafted. You can't just rely on one pitch; you need more variety of pitches.