New Additions to Cajun Baseball Team

[sportsfanatic21]

Homesick or something else? Saw he didn’t make a ton of appearances in JUCO and none at A&M. Control issues, I assume?

Defintely control issues, hence my posts hoping the new pitching coach can refine some things. The kid throws 102 mph and is nicknamed “Mr. Triple Digits” but needs to harness his stuff. It’s a BIG TIME arm though.

[RaginDave]

Defintely control issues, hence my posts hoping the new pitching coach can refine some things. The kid throws 102 mph and is nicknamed “Mr. Triple Digits” but needs to harness his stuff. It’s a BIG TIME arm though.

You can’t teach someone to throw 102 miles an hour you can teach them how to pitch. The key is gonna be strikes and not be wild

[CrazyCajun]

You can’t teach someone to throw 102 miles an hour you can teach them how to pitch. The key is gonna be strikes and not be wild

Just throw it 97 and most of the control issues probably take care of themselves.

[cajun4life]

Just throw it 97 and most of the control issues probably take care of themselves.

Exactly

[CajunT]

You can’t teach someone to throw 102 miles an hour you can teach them how to pitch. The key is gonna be strikes and not be wild

Exactly! Arm talent is the word for him, but he is high risk. You don't want to take too many of these types of projects in a class, but my understanding is he has a chance to get more money on partial scholarships if he performs and makes the team. Has anyone else heard this as well?

[Rainman66]

Just throw it 97 and most of the control issues probably take care of themselves.

I've coached a lot of pitchers, and it generally doesn't work like this. When these type of arms 'let off the gas' a little and they start aiming which isn't usually a good outcome.

I've had some good success with having these type of pitchers throw BP. First in cages from shorter distances (obviously at slower speeds), but throwing in relation to the batter not to a catcher, so takes the aiming part out of the equation. As they achieve success, you move the distance back and back until you get to the 60'6".

This is all confidence building and mechanics work (if needed). I haven't watched ANY video of this kid, but most of the time I see kids throw this hard and struggle to find the strike zone, they are violently jerking their heads, the above is one way to go about trying to fix it.

[ManAboutTown]

MTD = Ragaan Bazarre

[RaisingCajun08]

MTD = Ragaan Bazarre

Same name came to my mind. Hopefully a different outcome than the last. But hey, that 1 inning was fun to see the gun light up triple digits.

[RedBug58]

I remember that!!! About how long ago was that??

[RaisingCajun08]

I remember that!!! About how long ago was that??

10 years ago. He was on the roster from 2014 - 2016.