Lots of potential in the younger Leiter. If Kumar and Leiter are both healthy in February, and there is a season, they will be the best 1-2 punch in college baseball. Leiter needs to work a little on keeping the ball down, because some of his off-speed stuff was a bit too high in the strike zone the two times I saw him pitch last year. If that was the Evansville game in this video, he went 5 innings that day and gave up 1 hit and no runs with 4 K's and 3 BB's on 74 pitches. Leiter tended to tip pitches in one of the two starts where I saw him pitch. His wrist twitched every time (after I noticed it) he threw the 12-6 curve. FWIW, Al Leiter had average to below average velocity with a great cutter. He has a couple of WS rings and made an All-Star game. Of course, just being the son of Al and Lori is an incredible plus. Jack is an incredible young man in the Clayton Kershaw mold. Regardless of his baseball future, he has a bright future as a gentleman.
Most of these bozos in the comments can't throw a 91 fast ball on black and double it up w a 85 backdoor slider. Kids an athlete, competitor, strike thrower, is mid upper 9's now, has potential plus pitches. Aka STUD
@@kylefrederick7228 no one is saying trash. He just doesn’t look like an all star ace. God bless him tho and hope he is. But theres gotta be a ton of kids hitting 90 today with control
Well he’s on Vandy and is one of the top college pitchers in the nation so he definitely is talented, so maybe stop criticizing him without looking further into his ability
I must agree with you and not to be mean.....that pretty good for high school...but against Mississippi state, BAMA or other top tier programs.....thats just batting practice. even those players were catching up with it; and some were a second slow.....but top draft pick, thats a stretch...
@@kylefrederick7228 fortunately...i do know what im talking about....especially when it comes to baseball....and at the top levels....this is batting practice....dont get salty..speaking facts
@@scottigo3003 talent on a college team and professional is something totally different.... we are all entitled to our opinion...he has a lot of potential.....i agree...but stop acting like he is nolan ryan or verlander or some dominate pitcher...not even at the college level...
@@dukejohnson1956 his dad who didn’t pitch a full season of Major League Baseball until age 29, took him 19 years to win 162 games,. Won 1 game in 5 starts with and ERA of 6.23 for those WS championship teams you mentioned. Lets hope the son can do more than that. I’m hopeful he can as he’s brimming with ability.
@@johnbeck4216 I think he can too. My point being his dad is probably one of his pitching coaches, meanwhile he also has the vandy staff coaching him now, and I’m confident with all that coaching experience, they’d detect if his mechanics are as problematic are your acting
You would think that if his mechanics are bad, and he tips his pitches, that hitters and coaches would catch on, not not that but scouts would too. Since you’re so smart about this, and can notice it over the best scouts in the whole world for baseball, literally, you should be scout as well. Obviously since you noticed it over every single scout, D1 head coach that’s faced him, and D1 player. Right? Smart guy
last time I checked vandy doesn't give scholarships to average or even above average pitchers. one performance doesn't define you. go check out his stats
@@krblumentable um, he walked 1 guy, that's it. They aren't posting the YT vid so scouts can see what he has to offer, they already know, they posted the vid for entertainment. And you realize he isn't playing some wannabe team right? The SEC is the most competitive conference in the NCAA, so don't expect him to be punching guys out left and right effortlessly
@@gaberohrbach7542 I don't either but I can see location and height, of those guys are ok it like that then the next level will be even more so. And sec or not most of those guys aren't getting drafted.
@@krblumentable do you really think he'll be sent right to the mlb? A and AA are slightly higher than high level ncaa competition. Pitchers usually take multiple years to develop. with what he showed in the couple games last year, he has serious potential. I mean, you aren't named the #2 impact freshman by being average. When looking at his stats, keep in mind he was only 19 and was a freshman playing in the SEC
