Having a discussion with a friend about this and it got to me wondering. For those of you involved in the recruiting process, either trying to get recruited or as a college coach, how much important are metrics like grip strength, batspeed, ball exit speed and some of the other less obvious measures such as pitch speed and running speed?
Are college coaches asking for this information? Are there certain minimums you are expected to hit to even be considered? Or are some of those measures considered nice to have but not essential? In other words, if you can hit bombs is it assumed you have sufficient batspeed/ball exit speed? If you can throw 65 is it assumed your grip strength is sufficient, or do college coaches want to see the numbers?
Just curious as to what measures are being asked for these days.
Are college coaches asking for this information? Are there certain minimums you are expected to hit to even be considered? Or are some of those measures considered nice to have but not essential? In other words, if you can hit bombs is it assumed you have sufficient batspeed/ball exit speed? If you can throw 65 is it assumed your grip strength is sufficient, or do college coaches want to see the numbers?
Just curious as to what measures are being asked for these days.