LCM - Kelly scrimmage Monday

[bmtball]

Went to the LCM-Kelly scrimmage Monday.  Both teams looked in pretty good form.  Kelly has a scrappy bunch of players.  Prewitt was pretty good starting pitcher.  Not a lot of depth at pitching though.  No dominant hitters either.  Just hard working, scrappy players.

LCM, as advertised, hit the ball well.  Cloeren and Leger are very good players.  But, pitching was very underwhelming.  Dallas Brown is a lefty who was around the strike zone.  But Kelly hit him.  In fact, the LCM pitchers in general were around the strike zone.  But not a lot of velocity or craftiness.  LCM should do well this year.

If Kelly can find more depth at pitching, they should do ok as well.

[thefan2]

Are you sure you were at the right game.Kelly scored one in the 1st and 2 in the second.Lcm also pitched at least 3 pitchers that have never pitched at the varsity level.

[bmtball]

Yes......and LCM scored 2 in the first.  What is your point?  I said both teams needed to find more depth at pitching.  How many pitchers does Kelly return from varsity last year?  Prewitt is the only one with meaningful innings under his belt.  Also, which hitters on Kelly should the opposing pitcher be worried about?  My other point, no dominant (power) hitters on Kelly.

Both teams should do very well this year..  Kelly will win a lot of games getting guys on, then having someone come in behind them to knock them in.

By the way, your one run in the 1st and two in the 2nd point get diminished when you say LCM trotted 3 pitchers out there that have never pitched at the varsity level before.

[thefan2]

IMO i feel the pitching from both teams was better than UNDERWHELMING! I was not trying to rag on Kelly, I thought their pitchers did pretty well.LCM has a very deep pitching staff.They threw a different pitcher every inning.

[bearbooster]

The Bears threw 10 pitchers.

[MrUmp1]

always kills me how folks start talking about pitching they see at a SCRIMMAGE You never know what these guys are working on and in most cases the really good coaches do not let their pitchers throw very many breaking balls if any in the first couple of scrimmages.