I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher
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Firstly, the video looks pretty hittable. I know it’s just a video, but being able to see pitches well is half of it. If I was to do this I’d obviously probably find a bat light enough to where I felt my bat speed gave me a better chance, after all I’m not swinging for the fences.
Secondly, my argument isn’t about my skill or the lackthereof by MLB pitching, it’s just that I think statistics are on my side and I have decent enough ability to do it.
Thirdly, in 100 or so pitches I’d get used to his patterns more to better predict the pitch, if I sit fastball and just swing in the zone as he finishes his windup, there’s a decent chance of good contact if I do this a few times throughout my 100 pitches.
Fourthly, I’m a lefty so if the pitcher was a RHP, a lot of their breaking balls would be easier to see and hit than it would be for a righty. I’d also get out the box quicker if I make weak contact or needed to run out a bunt for an infield hit.
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Good example of what's not being considered here -- spin.
I played tennis at county level in the UK. My club was a training site for national team level players and coaches. I got to hit with them sometimes. You know on TV, when you see the pros scampering around whacking the ball back and forth? You see the different spins, but what you don't see because of the presentation angle is just how wicked those spins are at that level. I've faced it on court and it was way above my pay grade. This is the issue with live baseball at a high level as well. There's no accounting for how wickedly the ball will be moving and it's very unlikely someone unprepared for that level could succeed in getting a hit. Not impossible, obviously -- I hit a forehand winner against a national team guy. But those good shots were few and far between, and a UK national team tennis player without an international ranking is probably roughly equivalent to a low minor league baseball player. I still got my [censored] kicked. I expect anyone facing a major leaguer who's not at that level is going to struggle.
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@cbpm72_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
Good example of what's not being considered here -- spin.
I played tennis at county level in the UK. My club was a training site for national team level players and coaches. I got to hit with them sometimes. You know on TV, when you see the pros scampering around whacking the ball back and forth? You see the different spins, but what you don't see because of the presentation angle is just how wicked those spins are at that level. I've faced it on court and it was way above my pay grade. This is the issue with live baseball at a high level as well. There's no accounting for how wickedly the ball will be moving and it's very unlikely someone unprepared for that level could succeed in getting a hit. Not impossible, obviously -- I hit a forehand winner against a national team guy. But those good shots were few and far between, and a UK national team tennis player without an international ranking is probably roughly equivalent to a low minor league baseball player. I still got my [censored] kicked. I expect anyone facing a major leaguer who's not at that level is going to struggle.
Ok but this is 1 hit in 20 ABs, that’s like you having to score 1 point in 5 Tennis games, it sounds not only possible but likely
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@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole
I faced 90+ 1 time playing legion ball and I made a fool of myself and when I somehow hit the ball I jammed my hands so bad I had catchers thumb for a week only to ground out to second on a ball that maybe went 40mph off the bat. There’s no way you could get a hit. Yes you could make contact but with a wood bat you’re more likely than likely going to break the bat if you’ve never used one. Also the worst mlb player of all time is 10 times better than anyone who never made the show
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@sodomojo01_xbl said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
I stopped reading at "middle school".
That there was sort of mean spirited don't you think? I know there are trolls everywhere but man, just try to get along. Everyone went to middle school..do you have a problem with middle school. C'mon man.
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@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole
I faced 90+ 1 time playing legion ball and I made a fool of myself and when I somehow hit the ball I jammed my hands so bad I had catchers thumb for a week only to ground out to second on a ball that maybe went 40mph off the bat. There’s no way you could get a hit. Yes you could make contact but with a wood bat you’re more likely than likely going to break the bat if you’ve never used one. Also the worst mlb player of all time is 10 times better than anyone who never made the show
Yeah this is just wrong, the worst pro hitter ever isn’t ten times better than me. Oftentimes, bad pitchers will go up there and take three pitches. I’m at least swinging every AB, increasing my chances of a hit, did you also have 20 ABs to adjust?
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@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@charterbus_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
I believe this comes down to FPS. Unless you are actually standing in front of it you will never get a true feel for how fast it actually is, the cameras are playing tricks on you even more so than your confidence level.
If anything the cameras make it faster because of less frames to see the ball.
Yeah I was just being polite. It’s not input lag or response time, if you think that pitch would actually look SLOWER in real life you are not the 1 for 20 hitter you think you are.
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I have a buddy that frequently asks “do you think you could get a hit off so and so?” When a name comes up. I say heck no. He plays devils advocate and asks how many pitches would it take for you to get a hit...
OP, you’re just looking at the speed of a single ball coming at you. That’s not a “pitch”. If you’re just trying time up a 95mph fastball, sure. But imagine feeling like you’re starting to time it up, and they drop a curve, let alone a change up. Now imagine they throw 95, 2 inches from your face. I saw Kevin Pillar get drilled. No thanks.
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Complete troll post.
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@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole
I faced 90+ 1 time playing legion ball and I made a fool of myself and when I somehow hit the ball I jammed my hands so bad I had catchers thumb for a week only to ground out to second on a ball that maybe went 40mph off the bat. There’s no way you could get a hit. Yes you could make contact but with a wood bat you’re more likely than likely going to break the bat if you’ve never used one. Also the worst mlb player of all time is 10 times better than anyone who never made the show
Yeah this is just wrong, the worst pro hitter ever isn’t ten times better than me. Oftentimes, bad pitchers will go up there and take three pitches. I’m at least swinging every AB, increasing my chances of a hit, did you also have 20 ABs to adjust?
I’m going to be honest here I played competitive and travel baseball since tee ball and I swear on my heart I would never get a hit off of 90+. And the 10 times thing dude come on now that’s like you’re saying you’d be better than the worst kicker in the nfl who had only 1 field goal attempt cause you can kick a college PAT. Dude still had to beat out millions of people to get there makes no sense. It’s like saying Alabama would beat the jets or jags on a game sure Bama has a ton of talented players but the ones on the jets or jags are still way stronger and faster and just isn’t going to happen
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You can hit the ball for sure if the pitcher throw you BP fastball at the same spot everytime but imagine now facing a pitcher you never saw in your life he throw you a 93 cutter on the wrist ( you are now scared ) high out fastball at 96 you swing in the miss but you got hope then a 93 cutter in again ( you [censored] on yourself ) then a delicious 84 change up low outside ( you swing in the miss ...pretty sure late ) then you walk home and yep your brain have been Fukc real hard !
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@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You can hit the ball for sure if the pitcher throw you BP fastball at the same spot everytime but imagine now facing a pitcher you never saw in your life he throw you a 93 cutter on the wrist ( you are now scared ) high out fastball at 96 you swing in the miss but you got hope then a 93 cutter in again ( you [censored] on yourself ) then a delicious 84 change up low outside ( you swing in the miss ...pretty sure late ) then you walk home and yep your brain have been real hard !
Yeah I strike out... and then have 19 more ABs to adjust
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@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You can hit the ball for sure if the pitcher throw you BP fastball at the same spot everytime but imagine now facing a pitcher you never saw in your life he throw you a 93 cutter on the wrist ( you are now scared ) high out fastball at 96 you swing in the miss but you got hope then a 93 cutter in again ( you [censored] on yourself ) then a delicious 84 change up low outside ( you swing in the miss ...pretty sure late ) then you walk home and yep your brain have been real hard !
Yeah I strike out... and then have 19 more ABs to adjust
The thing is an average pro player need +/- 400 at Bat to adjust to the bigs so .... Maybe you can but start practice like now
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@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You can hit the ball for sure if the pitcher throw you BP fastball at the same spot everytime but imagine now facing a pitcher you never saw in your life he throw you a 93 cutter on the wrist ( you are now scared ) high out fastball at 96 you swing in the miss but you got hope then a 93 cutter in again ( you [censored] on yourself ) then a delicious 84 change up low outside ( you swing in the miss ...pretty sure late ) then you walk home and yep your brain have been real hard !
Yeah I strike out... and then have 19 more ABs to adjust
The thing is an average pro player need +/- 400 at Bat to adjust to the bigs so .... Maybe you can but start practice like now
Thank you and with that you put the nail in the coffin. Baseball fans don’t realise how hard it is to hit look at last year when they removed video for batters and half the leagues avg dropped below the Mendoza line
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@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You can hit the ball for sure if the pitcher throw you BP fastball at the same spot everytime but imagine now facing a pitcher you never saw in your life he throw you a 93 cutter on the wrist ( you are now scared ) high out fastball at 96 you swing in the miss but you got hope then a 93 cutter in again ( you [censored] on yourself ) then a delicious 84 change up low outside ( you swing in the miss ...pretty sure late ) then you walk home and yep your brain have been real hard !
Yeah I strike out... and then have 19 more ABs to adjust
The thing is an average pro player need +/- 400 at Bat to adjust to the bigs so .... Maybe you can but start practice like now
Like I said, pitchers hit .130, I only need less than half that
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@showprodigy_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@sodomojo01_xbl said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
I stopped reading at "middle school".
That there was sort of mean spirited don't you think? I know there are trolls everywhere but man, just try to get along. Everyone went to middle school..do you have a problem with middle school. C'mon man.
Meaning it likely that he won't be as successful if middle school was the last time he played.
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@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole
I faced 90+ 1 time playing legion ball and I made a fool of myself and when I somehow hit the ball I jammed my hands so bad I had catchers thumb for a week only to ground out to second on a ball that maybe went 40mph off the bat. There’s no way you could get a hit. Yes you could make contact but with a wood bat you’re more likely than likely going to break the bat if you’ve never used one. Also the worst mlb player of all time is 10 times better than anyone who never made the show
Yeah this is just wrong, the worst pro hitter ever isn’t ten times better than me. Oftentimes, bad pitchers will go up there and take three pitches. I’m at least swinging every AB, increasing my chances of a hit, did you also have 20 ABs to adjust?
I’m going to be honest here I played competitive and travel baseball since tee ball and I swear on my heart I would never get a hit off of 90+. And the 10 times thing dude come on now that’s like you’re saying you’d be better than the worst kicker in the nfl who had only 1 field goal attempt cause you can kick a college PAT. Dude still had to beat out millions of people to get there makes no sense. It’s like saying Alabama would beat the jets or jags on a game sure Bama has a ton of talented players but the ones on the jets or jags are still way stronger and faster and just isn’t going to happen
Exactly I've been a top prospect once in Canada and trust me baseball here was like a joke back in the days... Just to imagine going in like the low A made me shnit myself !!! I've been to Florida for a scout Holly hell it was like a dream but an unrealistic one !
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@raienez_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@scoothill18_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole
I faced 90+ 1 time playing legion ball and I made a fool of myself and when I somehow hit the ball I jammed my hands so bad I had catchers thumb for a week only to ground out to second on a ball that maybe went 40mph off the bat. There’s no way you could get a hit. Yes you could make contact but with a wood bat you’re more likely than likely going to break the bat if you’ve never used one. Also the worst mlb player of all time is 10 times better than anyone who never made the show
Yeah this is just wrong, the worst pro hitter ever isn’t ten times better than me. Oftentimes, bad pitchers will go up there and take three pitches. I’m at least swinging every AB, increasing my chances of a hit, did you also have 20 ABs to adjust?
I’m going to be honest here I played competitive and travel baseball since tee ball and I swear on my heart I would never get a hit off of 90+. And the 10 times thing dude come on now that’s like you’re saying you’d be better than the worst kicker in the nfl who had only 1 field goal attempt cause you can kick a college PAT. Dude still had to beat out millions of people to get there makes no sense. It’s like saying Alabama would beat the jets or jags on a game sure Bama has a ton of talented players but the ones on the jets or jags are still way stronger and faster and just isn’t going to happen
Exactly I've been a top prospect once in Canada and trust me baseball here was like a joke back in the days... Just to imagine going in like the low A made me shnit myself !!! I've been to Florida for a scout Holly hell it was like a dream but an unrealistic one !
Yessir agree completely. There’s always going to be a bigger fish. I was a catcher and let me say I’ve caught a lot of good pitchers 85+ and is hard to catch let alone hit. Maybe if he goes behind the dish and doesn’t break his hamate from catching it wrong maybe he will see how hard it is to hit
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@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole I feel like.
Hey bud, if you’ve never stood in the batters box and actually heard or felt the buzz of a 95 mph fastball I would slow your roll. You’re not going to touch it. I played American Legion ball with Chris Carpenter and one other future major leaguer. Both of these guys were tossing 95 plus as was I. The guys we were playing couldn’t touch us. And they were the best players on their high school team. American Legion ball is a step up from high school and is comparable to low level college ball. If these guys were looking silly trying to hit us what do you honestly think you would be doing trying to hit that kind of velocity. It takes years of preparation and training to be able to step into the box with guys who can throw that hard and actually be successful let alone have the ability to even hit that kind of velocity. I suggest you watch the movie “The Rookie” to get some perspective on just how hard it is to hit a major league caliber pitcher.
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@killerpresence4 said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@kdclemson_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
@genopolanco_psn said in I could get a hit off of an MLB pitcher:
You’re wrong. I hadn’t played baseball since high school and joined an adult league at age 27. I had to relearn just about everything. Fielding came back relatively quickly.. hitting is a whole different story. If you haven’t even seen high school pitching, I doubt you even touch a single pitch. Have you even used a wood bat?
Watch the video, it doesn't look too fast, if I get 20 ABs I can just sit fastball and take a swing in the zone, that's probably 100 pitches so statistically I should connect with one and find a hole I feel like.
Hey bud, if you’ve never stood in the batters box and actually heard or felt the buzz of a 95 mph fastball I would slow your roll. You’re not going to touch it. I played American Legion ball with Chris Carpenter and one other future major leaguer. Both of these guys were tossing 95 plus as was I. The guys we were playing couldn’t touch us. And they were the best players on their high school team. American Legion ball is a step up from high school and is comparable to low level college ball. If these guys were looking silly trying to hit us what do you honestly think you would be doing trying to hit that kind of velocity. It takes years of preparation and training to be able to step into the box with guys who can throw that hard and actually be successful let alone have the ability to even hit that kind of velocity.
Preach and that’s just fastballs what about that first pitch breaking ball after pumping 90+ for the next ab
