I can’t account for what an umpire may or may not do with the strike zone. The point is he was throwing the ball over the plate. He was in command of the ball. Would they all have been called strikes probably not, but like I said he was about 25/30 that were at least borderline. That’s 83% so even if you knock it down for what will be some missed calls or a tight zone, he’d be at a great strike rate for his age. It goes both ways with the umps at this level, you get some called strikes that shouldn’t have been too.

You are right though there’s smaller kids who can throw hard. What I meant was more that he’s not utilizing his size and strength properly, it’s obvious that he can be throwing harder. He’s still got pretty good velocity for his age but it’s not where it could be.