The brutal reality of getting recruited. Throwing slow sucks. If you're in the low to mid 80s, you're in that range where a lot of college scouts will look at you. If you're a good pitcher, they'll show a little interest, but they usually won't give you an offer. Instead, they'll tell you to keep doing your thing. What they really want to see is whether you can develop into a guy who's throwing upper 80s or 90 plus. I remember this clearly because when I went to a showcase at 17 years old, I topped out at 88 miles an hour, but I was mostly a low to mid 80s guy. I dominated the showcase. I struck out a lot of hitters, had good command, and had good off speed pitches. The result was one offer from a small JUCO. The main feedback I got was, "We want to see you become more of a 90 plus guy." That's the brutal reality of baseball these days. But when I came back the next year, I was topping out at 96 miles an hour. Everything changed. I ended up with more than 30 Division 1 offers and even got an offer from my dream school, Stanford. If you're watching this and not getting the offers you're looking for, remember that we still need to be good pitchers. But velocity is often the thing that gets you to the next level.

Kage Korenek 2026 Season Stats Bullard Texas Highschool @SouthArkbseball @TxHS_Baseball @PrepBaseball_TX @BullardBsb @cannonlester2 @Hayden_Dow13

Joe Catalano's (@mvscrappers) #MLBDraftLeague debut saw a 4️⃣0️⃣% whiff rate over four innings.🐶 𝗙𝗕: 91.8mph (T94.4), 2380rpm, 20.8" IVB, 10.6" HB - 30% Whiff% / 25% Z-Whiff% / 37.5% Put Away% 𝗦𝗟: 81.2mph, 2245rpm, 2.3" IVB, -3.6" HB - 40% Whiff% / 25% Z-Whiff% / 33.3% Put Away% 𝗖𝗕: 79.1mph, 2095rpm, -3.6" IVB, -1.6" HB - 33.3% Whiff% / 50% Put Away% 𝗖𝗛: 80.7mph, 1097rpm, 5.8" IVB, 11.9" HB @mlbdraftleague | @josephcat32 @IlliniBaseball | @CavaliersBSB

Clutch performance right here by Kage Korenek and the Bullard Panthers. Three straight walks, pitch count over 100, two straight strikeouts and then a groundout to end the inning to load the bases. Bullard leads No. 1 Calallen in the fifth. @etfinalscore @kage_korenek

Kord Korenek 2028 Gets the Save in the… 4A D1 THSB Highschool Playoffs Regional Finals (4th round) 3rd game …Pitching in Relief in innings 4-5-6 @BullardBsb @TxHS_Baseball @PrepBaseball_TX

2026 LHP/OF Kage Korenek @kage_korenek | @BullardBsb ‼️7 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s‼️ The @SouthArkbseball commit threw a CGSO last night for a 5-0 win. Worked quick and filled up the zone with three pitches. Some deception to the delivery with a tough slot for the hitters. Misses barrels. @PBRGreen_ | @KilgoKyle27 | @MSemlerPBR

Kord Korenek 2028 …pitched 2 innings in the 4th round of 4A D1 playoffs

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🏆 Congratulations to our six Bears who were named Summit League All-Conference! 📰 bit.ly/4wD23NR #BearCountry

Freshman at Kankakee Community College. Long relief/mid relief RHP 4 Seam 86-89 Sinker 85-87 Slider 76-80 Change up 77-80 28IP 8.67 k/9 1.63 WHIP @CavaliersBSB @Coach_Shafer19 @PaThePitcherlab

Kage Korenek 2026 3rd round of Bullard HS playoffs Win 2-1 7 IP 3 H 1 R 0 ER 4 K 3 BB 0.86 WHIP @SouthArkbseball @cannonlester2 @Hayden_Dow13 @TxHS_Baseball @BullardBsb

(Jr.) District Offensive MVP c/o ‘27, CIF/RHP

Big-time stuff by @ColinMFitz

Derick Friedman dominated the Trojans on the hill and at the plate in romping to a 9-0 victory. He went 6 2/3 innings and struck out 13 while going 3-4 with two RBIs. Davin Friedman was 2-3 and drove in three. KJ Williams had two hits and scored twice.

Kage Korenek 2026 2nd round of Bullard HS playoffs Win 5-0 6 IP 3 H 0 R 11 K 1 BB 0.67 WHIP @SouthArkbseball @cannonlester2 @Hayden_Dow13 @TxHS_Baseball

Greg Duncan retira a dos por la vía del ponche en su primera entrada esta tarde en Jalisco….🚂❤️‍🔥 #NosVemosEnElAndén🚂

What a day @Cdgadbois 👀🔥 Countless of hours Clay has put into his development! Nothing better than shoving during postseason baseball! @AlbertusIV @joshgessner Take advantage of your development like Clay did 💪🏽‼️

¡Este es el lineup que presenta nuestro manager para enfrentar a Toros en el tercero de la serie! 🚂❤️‍🔥⚾️ #NosVemosEnElAndén🚂