[BlueBlood2]

Who are some of the best pitchers in the 14th region in the last 10 years?

[BlueBlood2]

Devin Morris-Hazard
Braxton Cottongame-PCC
Evan Hurt-PCC
Griffin Wells-Hazard
Cameron Turner-PCC
Andrew Combs-Breathitt
Isaac Bellamy- Breathitt
Jarrett Napier- Hazard
Tanner Crowe-Estill
Kent Damron-KCC
Jonah Little-LCC

[Onward Leslie!]

Quentin Morgan-Leslie Co.

[Bluecat]

Sawyer Patrick: Hazard

[SidelineFan]

How do you rank best?

Which kids went to college and where?

Out of the 14th there’s a long list of D2-D3-NAIA kids. A lot of them great pitchers. How many D1 or any sort of professional baseball? I wish there was a forum on here that had kids from each region and the year where they went to school in highschool then in college and where they finished college. That’s a big key cause the next level is brutal.

Could someone possibly start this? Would be neat to keep up with.

[TheTruth!]

Devin Morris-Hazard
Braxton Cottongame-PCC
Evan Hurt-PCC
Griffin Wells-Hazard
Cameron Turner-PCC
Andrew Combs-Breathitt
Isaac Bellamy- Breathitt
Jarrett Napier- Hazard
Tanner Crowe-Estill
Kent Damron-KCC
Jonah Little-LCC

Great list!

[Bulldogs4Ever]

No particular order just off top of my head.

GOAT- Braxton Cottongame - UK/Cumberland
Devin Morris - LMU
Tanner Hurt - Tusculum I think

Currently playing
Andrew Combs - KY Christian
Issac Bellamy - Ky Christian
Max Johnson - KY Christian
Gus Mullins - KY Christian
Thomas Forehand - Alice Lloyd
Mason McAlarnis - UVA Wise
Sawyer Patrick- UVA Wise
Jacob Daniels - Cumberland
Jonah Little - Cumberland

[BlueBlood2]

No particular order just off top of my head.

GOAT- Braxton Cottongame - UK/Cumberland
Devin Morris - LMU
Tanner Hurt - Tusculum I think

Currently playing
Andrew Combs - KY Christian
Issac Bellamy - Ky Christian
Max Johnson - KY Christian
Gus Mullins - KY Christian
Thomas Forehand - Alice Lloyd
Mason McAlarnis - UVA Wise
Sawyer Patrick- UVA Wise
Jacob Daniels - Cumberland
Jonah Little - Cumberland

Braxton Cottongame GOAT? I can name about 5 off the top of my head who had better stats and was an overall better pitcher in high school.

[Bulldogs4Ever]

Just going by getting drafted and being a wildcat. Just off top of my head Blueblood. Probably a lot more with better stats. Who all you talking about? Better stats would require playing on better HS team to. Just going by the individual.

[BlueBlood2]

Ryan Smith, Griffen Wells, Devin Morris, Cameron Turner (teammate on same team as Braxton Cottongame), Evan Hurt... Do not get me wrong Braxton Cottongame very talented and threw hard but always got hit off of. I personally believe he was a better first baseman and hitter than pitcher.

[Bulldogs4Ever]

Agree with you completely. All those guys you mentioned were awesome pitchers. Ryan Smith had a really good college career playing D1. Where did Evan Hurt and Griffin Wells play? I know E played somewhere but I can’t remember. Cam Turner didn’t play his Sr year of HS did he? Bad arm injury right? He was a heck of a pitcher before he got injured.

[BlueBlood2]

I think Griffin was going to sign with EKU but gave it up, also thought Evan was going somewhere and hung it up. Ryan Smith might have gotten drafted also not 100% sure on that.

[Bulldogs4Ever]

Griff could flat out play.

[BlackAndYellow]

Ryan Smith signed with Florence-Darlington Technical College (JUCO) in 2017. Played there 2 years going 3-1.

Transferred to College of Charleston (D1) for his Junior and Senior years. Came out of the bullpen his Junior year making 18 appearances. He went 2-2 with 2 saves with a 2.45 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 22 innings of work that year.

Made 8 appearances out of the bullpen at COC his Senior year

He is currently an assistant coach at DII
Georgia College & State University

[baseball1974]

Isaac Bellamy was as dominant as anyone I’ve seen. It’s a shame it ended for him like it did

[BlueBlood2]

Isaac Bellamy was as dominant as anyone I’ve seen. It’s a shame it ended for him like it did

Junior year ERA 1.67 in 71 innings 6-3 record 
Senior year 3.25 in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record 

Is that considered dominate?

[SidelineFan]

Bellamy was strong at breathitt. Look at the games he threw those years. Top competition most of the time.

Cottongame was tough but fb very flat. He transferred out of UK after a year maybe?

Griffin Wells was strong. Another really good lefty.

Hamilton in 2013/14? EKU for college and played some ball after college?

Who was the pitcher from Knott co went to Powell Co that was left handed?

Those are dominate left handers in that window. Most upper 80s and into 90s.

That 2017-2020 window isn’t great for me but familiar with the list. Know some late 2000s kids that didn’t play college that were good pitchers.

[BlueBlood2]

Cottongame stayed at UK for 3 years, Alex Hamilton went to EKU for 4 years. Chance Cornett was good from Knott.

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Braxton Cottongame- 1.31 ERA 3-1 record senior year - 58.2 innings pitched
Devin Morris- 1.90 ERA 8-4 record senior year- 59 innings pitched
Isaac Bellamy- 3.25 ERA in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record- Senior year
Cameron Turner- 0.12 ERA 8-0 record- 56 innings pitched- Junior year (did not play senior year)
Andrew Combs- 2.93 ERA 4-5 record- 59.2 innings pitched-senior year
Max Johnson- 2.94 ERA 5-2 record 40.1 innings pitched - senior year
Sawyer Patrick- 2.39 ERA 6-3 record 58.2 innings pitcher- senior year

[baseball1974]

Isaac Bellamy was as dominant as anyone I’ve seen. It’s a shame it ended for him like it did

Junior year ERA 1.67 in 71 innings 6-3 record 
Senior year 3.25 in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record 

Is that considered dominate?

If you’re going off stats then you have no clue what you’re talking about. He pitched hurt his junior and senior year. There were only certain times when he was 100% and when he was he was as good as anyone.

[BlueBlood2]

Isaac Bellamy was as dominant as anyone I’ve seen. It’s a shame it ended for him like it did

Junior year ERA 1.67 in 71 innings 6-3 record 
Senior year 3.25 in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record 

Is that considered dominate?

If you’re going off stats then you have no clue what you’re talking about. He pitched hurt his junior and senior year. There were only certain times when he was 100% and when he was he was as good as anyone.

Did not say he was not good. He was Breathitt's best player both of those years and he was not hurt his junior year. He was still their best player his senior year being hurt but saying dominate, that is totally different than being good.

[baseball1974]

Isaac Bellamy was as dominant as anyone I’ve seen. It’s a shame it ended for him like it did

Junior year ERA 1.67 in 71 innings 6-3 record 
Senior year 3.25 in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record 

Is that considered dominate?

If you’re going off stats then you have no clue what you’re talking about. He pitched hurt his junior and senior year. There were only certain times when he was 100% and when he was he was as good as anyone.

Did not say he was not good. He was Breathitt's best player both of those years and he was not hurt his junior year. He was still their best player his senior year being hurt but saying dominate, that is totally different than being good.

That doesn’t even make sense. He absolutely was hurt his junior year. He missed several games during the season because of tenderness.

[Medusa]

Andrew Combs was best player Breathitt had for his last three years. Nobody even close.

[TheTruth!]

Andrew Combs was best player Breathitt had for his last three years.  Nobody even close.

He was a dawg

[Chubby Smith]

Andrew Combs was best player Breathitt had for his last three years. Nobody even close.

Combs was probably the best hitter for Breathitt. Fielding ? Decent. Pitching ? I give Bellamy the edge.

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Devin Morris-Hazard
Braxton Cottongame-PCC
Evan Hurt-PCC
Griffin Wells-Hazard
Cameron Turner-PCC
Andrew Combs-Breathitt
Isaac Bellamy- Breathitt
Jarrett Napier- Hazard
Tanner Crowe-Estill
Kent Damron-KCC
Jonah Little-LCC

That’s a good list

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Cottongame stayed at UK for 3 years, Alex Hamilton went to EKU for 4 years. Chance Cornett was good from Knott.

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Braxton Cottongame- 1.31 ERA 3-1 record senior year - 58.2 innings pitched
Devin Morris- 1.90 ERA 8-4 record senior year- 59 innings pitched
Isaac Bellamy- 3.25 ERA in 23 innings pitched (was hurt most of the year) 2-1 record- Senior year
Cameron Turner- 0.12 ERA 8-0 record- 56 innings pitched- Junior year (did not play senior year)
Andrew Combs- 2.93 ERA 4-5 record- 59.2 innings pitched-senior year
Max Johnson- 2.94 ERA 5-2 record 40.1 innings pitched - senior year
Sawyer Patrick- 2.39 ERA 6-3 record 58.2 innings pitcher- senior year

Blue Blood , scroll up and look at Bellamy’s junior year ( healthy year ) stats that you posted and compare them to these guys senior season stats. Looks like he was as good as any and better than most.

[Chubby Smith]

It’s hard to judge 14th region pitchers by ERA alone. If you haven’t physically watched a pitcher pitch then you really have no clue how good or bad they were.

Some teams are better defensively , some book keepers don’t know a hit from an error. This all eventually affects the ERA. The most solid stat you can by is strikeouts & walks and this should be judged by the level of competition you pitched against. That’s why I like seeing a pitcher in person.

When I watch a pitcher , I like to watch his body language. Does he embrace big moments ? Does giving up hits , walks , or home runs affect him ? Can he hold base runners ? How many pitches does he have in his arsenal , can he throw them all for strikes ? Does he have good velocity? Does his pitches have good movement ?

Theres way more to the story than ERA !

[BlueBlood2]

It’s hard to judge 14th region pitchers by ERA alone. If you haven’t physically watched a pitcher pitch then you really have no clue how good or bad they were.

Some teams are better defensively , some book keepers don’t know a hit from an error. This all eventually affects the ERA. The most solid stat you can by is strikeouts & walks and this should be judged by the level of competition you pitched against. That’s why I like seeing a pitcher in person.

When I watch a pitcher , I like to watch his body language. Does he embrace big moments ? Does giving up hits , walks , or home runs affect him ? Can he hold base runners ? How many pitches does he have in his arsenal , can he throw them all for strikes ? Does he have good velocity? Does his pitches have good movement ?

Theres way more to the story than ERA !

Good comment here!
I love the comment about book keepers lol, I seen this all too well.

Only thing I disagree with is how many pitches he has. I feel like all great pitchers have 2-3 pitches that they can throw no matter what the count is and can locate those 2-3 pitches anywhere they want too. I would much rather have a pitcher that has a fastball and curveball but can locate it anywhere and throw both of them no matter what the count is than a pitcher who has 4-5 different pitches.

[DukeBoy]

Chubby and Blue bloods where did you guys play baseball? HS and College ball

[Chubby Smith]

It’s hard to judge 14th region pitchers by ERA alone. If you haven’t physically watched a pitcher pitch then you really have no clue how good or bad they were.

Some teams are better defensively , some book keepers don’t know a hit from an error. This all eventually affects the ERA. The most solid stat you can by is strikeouts & walks and this should be judged by the level of competition you pitched against. That’s why I like seeing a pitcher in person.

When I watch a pitcher , I like to watch his body language. Does he embrace big moments ? Does giving up hits , walks , or home runs affect him ? Can he hold base runners ? How many pitches does he have in his arsenal , can he throw them all for strikes ? Does he have good velocity? Does his pitches have good movement ?

Theres way more to the story than ERA !

Good comment here!
I love the comment about book keepers lol, I seen this all too well.

Only thing I disagree with is how many pitches he has. I feel like all great pitchers have 2-3 pitches that they can throw no matter what the count is and can locate those 2-3 pitches anywhere they want too. I would much rather have a pitcher that has a fastball and curveball but can locate it anywhere and throw both of them no matter what the count is than a pitcher who has 4-5 different pitches.

2 pitch pitchers works in little league and that’s about it.

It’s hard to keep a team guessing if all you have to give them is a fastball or curveball.

[Bluecat]

It’s hard to judge 14th region pitchers by ERA alone. If you haven’t physically watched a pitcher pitch then you really have no clue how good or bad they were.

Some teams are better defensively , some book keepers don’t know a hit from an error. This all eventually affects the ERA. The most solid stat you can by is strikeouts & walks and this should be judged by the level of competition you pitched against. That’s why I like seeing a pitcher in person.

When I watch a pitcher , I like to watch his body language. Does he embrace big moments ? Does giving up hits , walks , or home runs affect him ? Can he hold base runners ? How many pitches does he have in his arsenal , can he throw them all for strikes ? Does he have good velocity? Does his pitches have good movement ?

Theres way more to the story than ERA !

Good comment here!
I love the comment about book keepers lol, I seen this all too well.

Only thing I disagree with is how many pitches he has. I feel like all great pitchers have 2-3 pitches that they can throw no matter what the count is and can locate those 2-3 pitches anywhere they want too. I would much rather have a pitcher that has a fastball and curveball but can locate it anywhere and throw both of them no matter what the count is than a pitcher who has 4-5 different pitches.

2 pitch pitchers works in little league and that’s about it.

It’s hard to keep a team guessing if all you have to give them is a fastball or curveball.

If one of your 2 pitches is a change up you can be very effective.

[Chubby Smith]

It’s hard to judge 14th region pitchers by ERA alone. If you haven’t physically watched a pitcher pitch then you really have no clue how good or bad they were.

Some teams are better defensively , some book keepers don’t know a hit from an error. This all eventually affects the ERA. The most solid stat you can by is strikeouts & walks and this should be judged by the level of competition you pitched against. That’s why I like seeing a pitcher in person.

When I watch a pitcher , I like to watch his body language. Does he embrace big moments ? Does giving up hits , walks , or home runs affect him ? Can he hold base runners ? How many pitches does he have in his arsenal , can he throw them all for strikes ? Does he have good velocity? Does his pitches have good movement ?

Theres way more to the story than ERA !

Good comment here!
I love the comment about book keepers lol, I seen this all too well.

Only thing I disagree with is how many pitches he has. I feel like all great pitchers have 2-3 pitches that they can throw no matter what the count is and can locate those 2-3 pitches anywhere they want too. I would much rather have a pitcher that has a fastball and curveball but can locate it anywhere and throw both of them no matter what the count is than a pitcher who has 4-5 different pitches.

2 pitch pitchers works in little league and that’s about it.

It’s hard to keep a team guessing if all you have to give them is a fastball or curveball.

If one of your 2 pitches is a change up you can be very effective.

I love the change up , but I disagree with you.

If I’m a hitter and I know you only have 2 pitches. The moment I realize it’s not a fastball then the guessing is over. You let a dugout study a pitcher for 7 innings and all he’s throwing is 2 pitches ? You better be ready to play some defense.