Rice righthander Garrett Gayle (Aaron Fitt)

College Heat Sheet: Opening Weekend

Who are college baseball’s hardest throwers? After the first weekend of games, this is what we’ve seen. All velocities were seen firsthand by D1 Baseball or Prep Baseball Report staff.

Rest easy Red Raider, Gamecock and Irish fans. We have heard about the big arms of John McMillon (up to 98), Cody Morris (sitting 95-98 in the 1st inning) and Joe Boyle (98-99 with a 2800 spin rate), but we didn’t see it for ourselves. Some coaches may add a couple ticks of velocity, parents add three and girlfriends add five mph. If there’s one thing I’ve learned[…]