This reminds me when I coached a team in FL about 13 years ago. A dad wanted to have a different coach for his team and he picked the players. 90% of the team he picked consisted of fairly big kids who could hit for power, but sucked on defense because of their size and lack of mobility. That season sucked. The next season I broke away and went with speedy athletic kids instead of the big kids. Most of the team spoke spanish and portuguese, some had not even played baseball before, but were athletically gifted. That team dominated at an AAA and some Major level events and didn't have the greatest pitchers, but the fielding was as close to perfect as a coach could ask for. They were so fast that a routine batted grounder could be fielded correctly and they still would beat the throw to 1B, didn't even have a 1B coach either. The primary catcher was the smallest kid on the team, but he had such a quick jump from squat and throwing action that he picked off more runners than any one.
Out of the 5 tools, Hitting for power is last on my list. Strike out percentage is too high for me. |
Baseball is not size dependent
Posted - 11/03/2016 : 17:23:55
