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Originally Posted by lukasberger
Not enough data to be useful yet, but did a quick analysis of the players primarily listed as P's in PG's top 100 HS prospects eligible for the 2013 draft. A lot are two way players, tried to iclude only those who's pitching ability would merit their overall ranking. Not those ranked because of their bat who happen to pitch too but at a much lower level than they hit.
It's worth noting that there's some overlap between the categories in that pitches are listed for each PG event a player attended. In some events the same guy might only have thrown two pitches, in others four.
Generally I've considered the total amount of pitches thrown over all events. I've also included in between categories. The 2.5 category is for those who are generally listed as having only two pitches but showed a third pitch in one or two events. The 3.5 category for those who have two breaking pitches listed but with similar (within 0-3 mph) speeds, leading to the conclusion that they really throw a slurve that looks different at different times.
The results are as follows:
38 P's
2 pitches: 3
2.5 pitches: 2
3 pitches: 16
3.5 pitches: 8
4 pitches: 9
I'll try to add more data to this post as I get a chance to go further through the list.
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I make that about 3.4 pitches per player, which is slightly higher than I thought, but it makes sense.