Various highlight videos and some postseason highlights were used to create this video, so the metrics most likely skew towards faster average pop times than if I could sample an entire season, as I did for the pro version ( • Fastpitch Softball - P... ) of this video. Times were all taken from video at 30 fps, so the error rate is ~1/30 of a second. My opinions below are based on limited data, so please understand the potential for error there. Also, throwing is only one part of catching, and is not the most important part. All these catchers are amazing in their relative strengths, so please keep it positive.
Paige Halstead is probably the #1 thrower. She throws good times and accurately from many different pitch locations. I think #2 and #3 is Dejah Mulipola and Kinzie Hansen. I'm not sure which is a better thrower because I don't have much footage of either because not many people tried to steal on them in college. It's difficult to say anyone is #4 in this group, but I put Alyssa Garcia there because her accuracy had the most room for improvement.
2 окт 2024
