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...Decisions are being made about kids not on how they pitch against Yale in April, not how they hit against Boston College or whoever, it’s what you do in the summers now,” Walsh says...
...Maddux is one of those guys that throws 84, 86,” Walsh says. “Then all of a sudden—whoom! He comes in with an 88, 89. Mike can do the same, in that he pitches up. He’ll be sitting 85, 87, and then you get that tough guy, and he lets it go and brings a 90 a few times during a ballgame. That’s very unusual to see a kid who can pitch...
Instrumental to staying consistent will be control over his pitches and using all three to keep batters honest. According to Walsh, Morgalis boasts the ability to get ahead of hitters with any pitch and then deploys a very Maddux-esque method of reading batters. “He can see hitters’ tendencies,” Walsh said. “A lot of times catchers pick it up—Mike seems to pick up right away with the guy’s swing, ‘Hey I can bust him inside...
Brunnig, himself, has proven to give Harvard another force on the hill. Standing at 6’7-and with the rare ability to pitch with both arms, Brunnig will be sure to strike fear into the hearts of Ivy League batters, despite his first-year status...
...main difference is that mistakes are hit more often, and pitch selection is better on the hitters’ parts,” Brunnig says. “The long ball is a much larger part of the game as well...