PEARL, Doña - new bats metal of baseball at the University have been praised by fans, coaches and pitchers. Game times are faster and are considerably lower than total runtime.
But some older fans of the new explorers of major league baseball bats.
For these evaluators of talent, the variation of the game school looks like "real" Baseball for the first time in years, making his job a little easier when approaching major league draft in June.
"Take some of the assumptions of recruitment in College baseball," said Art Gardner, a Scout for major league baseball which is based in Mississippi. "I used to go to a game and it seemed that the alignment of each team had six guys with 10-plus home runs."
"It was a constant struggle to find out the real power hitters".
Bats new metals - that must comply with the new standard of ball-Bat coefficient of restitution of the NCAA - are not perfect. A difference: there is no broken bats in interior launches so there are still bloop singles in the game of school that does not occur at the professional level.
Jim Fleming, Vice President of the Florida Marlins for development of exploration and player, agreed to the bats new were a great improvement, but the College baseball must go a step further and use wooden bats. College players currently using wood bats in some of the summer League's elite as the Cape Cod League.
"We use wood - so something more than the wood is not a representation it needs completely," said Fleming. "Having said that, the new College bats are much better." It is much more accurate. "It is more than a clean, real game".
Old bats, that production so much offense, hindered the College baseball for browsers to assess for many reasons. In 2010, there were 36 players in the Conference of the Southeast to at least 10 home runs.
Even marginal power batters could produce large numbers, and when those same players reached major league baseball and using wooden bats, many of the home runs became balls fly to the warning track.
Now with the new bats, power numbers have plummeted. Two-thirds of the way through the season, Mikie Mahtook LSU leads the SEC with 10 home runs. Preston Tucker the Florida is second with eight.
Gardner said "we now have a much better idea who really has the ability to get the ball out of the Park,".
It is not only power hitters that are easier to evaluate. Gardner said that the new bats have changed College baseball in all facets.
Instead of swinging for the fences, smaller players steal more bases, execute runs of success and touch, which are skills Scouts want to see players that do not project to produce numbers of great power at the professional level.
Release has changed too.
"In the college game, the strategy was tone of contact," said Fleming. "But we want pitchers to pitch to contact." "With the new bats, I think that it is beginning to see pitchers regain their confidence and use his fastball a little more".
Mississippi coach Mike Bianco said the SEC had become "a League of breaking ball" as attempted pitchers fool batters. Cut corners was normal since a pitch over the plate to often crushed 450 feet.
It is not so.
Before the game on Tuesday against Mississippi State in the Park of the mark of confidence in Pearl, Miss, rival Bianco pointing out to the outfield fences.
"Now if you have a large park like this, can throw fastballs and stop than his defense to work," said Bianco.
The schoolboy Bianco waiting to be fundamentally altered in the next few years as a change in recruitment patterns. An additional emphasis in stealing bases and defense means best athletes will be needed.
"Used to see a big guy that could home runs and say to himself ' well, we taught him how to catch a fly ball," Bianco said. "Now he can't do that." The defense is too important. "We need guys who can do it all and a little power will be a bonus."
This is good news for explorers as Fleming. He said that the new bats won't make the Marlins more likely than the draft of college players, but is still a positive trend.
"We have always developed by tools of evaluation and that it will not change," said Fleming. "But it is expected that these new bats will help to answer more questions."
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