I was a pitcher in HS and in College. I actually had some draft considerations my senior year in college until I ran into the big career ending injury where I tore my UCL in my right elbow.
Towards my Junior/Senior Years in High School:
4-Seamer: 91-93
2-Seamer: 89-91 (Good arm side run)
Change: 78-81 (Didn't throw it much then)
Curve: 75-79 (Good hard sharp break)
Split: 83-85 (Straight downer)
My best friend (who was also the other pitcher on my HS team) has a father who pitched in the pros. David Palmer (No, not the guy from the Money Store commercials). He pitched for 10 years with the Braves, Expos, Tigers, and Phillies. Was I think the only guy or one of the few in MLB history to throw a rain-shortened perfect game. Anyway, he was my mentor in HS.
In college in my last 2 years, I went from being an over-the-top starter, to a side-arm closer. It just felt more natural to me.
2-seamer: 90-93
Change: 73-75 (Moved kind of like a 12-6 curve)
Curve: 76-80 (SHARP 3-9 break)
What ended up ending my career were bone spurs in my elbow that I had for quite sometime cutting into my UCL. April Fools day of 2004, I was in a game and during the pitch, it snapped, thus ending my pitching days.
Now I'm a pitching coach at Parkview High School (Where Jeff Francoeur came out of).
