High school baseball

[Comebakatz3]

So... I was watching the news this evening and they were discussing that one of the local kids was attempting to break a record for the most wins (8) in school history, a record that's been held since 1993. In doing so they mentioned that he's thrown 77 innings this year. I thought that was a huge number and wanted to see how many games they played. They have played 30 games. By comparison, Beggs has thrown 77.1 innings in UK's 45 games.

Anyone else think that this is too many innings for a young arm or is this normal?

 

[Big_Blue_1018]

That is way too many innings for a high school pitcher. The problem is, it's expected anymore. I've been around high school baseball since I played and been around several of the traveling teams in central Kentucky. Kids are being taught and expected to throw pitches their arms can't handle. High school pitchers, and college pitchers to an extent, don't have the luxury of easing into a season to throw innings like the majors. Plus, young pitchers are throwing constantly. Wether in simulated games or camps. Their arms are still growing and can't handle the abuse yet.

 

[Big_Blue_1018]

I forgot to add, I think there was a rule where kids could only pitch a certain amount of innings in a specific time frame. That was in high school.

 

[Comebakatz3]

I too thought it was a ton. They said it was 30 more than anyone else on the team. The coach seemingly has found one solid pitcher and is riding him. Can't be good for his future.

 

[sluggercatfan]

I too thought it was a ton. They said it was 30 more than anyone else on the team. The coach seemingly has found one solid pitcher and is riding him. Can't be good for his future.

Be nice to know the kids parents think. .

 

[Black Diamond Cat]

I too thought it was a ton. They said it was 30 more than anyone else on the team. The coach seemingly has found one solid pitcher and is riding him. Can't be good for his future.

It is wayyy too much, and remember HS baseball only plays 7 innings !

 

[Comebakatz3]

It is wayyy too much, and remember HS baseball only plays 7 innings !

I didn't even think of that. I looked at their schedule and a lot of their games are back to back. I think the Tn rules say they can't pitch more than 10 innings on consecutive days. Would like to see the stats on this kid, but don't really think there is anyway to do that.

 

[CatsFanGG24]

Idk, if they play games from March-May, that is only one complete game per week. In HS, the studs usually do go all 7...

Just looked up my buddies stats who was all state pitcher in KY 2007 - as a junior he threw 8 complete games in the tough 7th region. That obviously doesn't include games where he went less innings...and was only his Jr year, not senior. He came back as a senior to all state and have a fine arm through college.

 

[R2guy]

The high school baseball.season in KY is currently 10 weeks long - regular season

1 week for District tourney

1 week for Regional Tourney

Everyone plays in the district - so 77 innings divided by 11 weeks = 7 innings per week - really not so much

math can be your friend

 

[Comebakatz3]

I assume that Tennessee has a similar season length. However, I look at how many innings our pitchers have thrown here at UK and only two of them have thrown over 77 innings, and one of those is at 77.1. Still, I suppose that it depends greatly upon how stingy you are with your pitches during those innings. If you're getting out of innings quickly then it likely isn't much, but if you're up over 100+ pitches each outing then it can really add up.

and I wish math was my friend... I'm terrible at it.

 

[CatsFanGG24]

I assume that Tennessee has a similar season length. However, I look at how many innings our pitchers have thrown here at UK and only two of them have thrown over 77 innings, and one of those is at 77.1. Still, I suppose that it depends greatly upon how stingy you are with your pitches during those innings. If you're getting out of innings quickly then it likely isn't much, but if you're up over 100+ pitches each outing then it can really add up.

and I wish math was my friend... I'm terrible at it.

Well SEC baseball, every inning is likely pretty stressful.

In HS, usually, at the very least a teams 7-8-9 are not very good at all...almost a freebie inning...hell, some teams only have 1-2 formidable hitters in a lineup to give a really good pitcher any trouble.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

That is way too many innings for a high school pitcher. The problem is, it's expected anymore. I've been around high school baseball since I played and been around several of the traveling teams in central Kentucky. Kids are being taught and expected to throw pitches their arms can't handle. High school pitchers, and college pitchers to an extent, don't have the luxury of easing into a season to throw innings like the majors. Plus, young pitchers are throwing constantly. Wether in simulated games or camps. Their arms are still growing and can't handle the abuse yet.

I agree with this but have seen it constantly over the years. I played HS baseball at Prestonsburg from 1970-1973 and our head coach pitched our ace three consecutive days during the district tournament. We ended up winning but a lot of us felt it was wrong to do that. No regard whatsoever for the kid's future. I can't imagine anyone pitching that number of innings in any era.