The days of college pitchers throwing an 85-mph sinker or slider is slowing going away. The game has changed to the point where most all pitchers are consistently throwing in the low 90s.
“That is just kind of where the game has gone,” Clemson head coach Monte Lee said to The Clemson Insider recently. “We train a lot of hitters to hit velocity because we know that is what they are going to face… There are so many more guys that are throwing 90-plus, 92-plus, so you have to train your hitters to hit it.”
But do not get Lee wrong, he is training his pitchers to throw with more velocity as well.