Rawlings Pro Line RPM3BB Three Wheel Baseball Pitching Machine

SKU: RPM3BB

$2,999.95 $3,499.95
Rawlings Pro Line RPM3BB Three Wheel Baseball Pitching Machine

If NASA built pitching machines, they would look like this.

iPitch Control Panel

Pitch selection couldn't be easier! The iPitch digital control panel has settings for pitch speed, spin direction and spin amount. The actual pitch speed is set directly, as opposed to setting multiple wheel speeds on other models. This machine does the math for you! Spin direction is set to one of 12 directions, laid out like a clock face, as indicated by an LED. Spin amount is also set directly as none, low, medium or high. This system yields a total of 37 different pitches available at any speed from 40 mph - 100 mph.

A Smarter Way to Practice

From the iPitch control panel, to the geared crank wheels, to the oversized transport wheels, this machine makes batting practice easy. The three wheel design provides better ball visibility, better accuracy, and throws the nastiest breaking pitches you've ever seen.

Top Quality Motors

Our industrial grade, American made motors feature oversized, hardened stainless steel shafts to ensure a long life. And unlike competing machines, our motors are protected by the 1/4" steel frame, not exposed to batted balls. With their machines, one line drive can cost you up to $400 in repairs.

Better Wheels

Rawlings solid wheels feature a urethane tread that is a full 1" thick for lower shock loads and almost instant speed recovery. Our competitors' profiled wheel tread is only 3/8" thick at the center, causing a much higher shock load on the motor shafts, and requiring a self reported 8 seconds recovery time with real baseballs. Pneumatic wheels are almost impossible to keep balanced because they change shape at high speed from centrifugal force. As the speed increases, the unbalanced rubber tire expands, but the balance weights mounted on the steel wheel can't move, so the wheels become unbalanced. They can also leak air and gloss over from use, reducing grip and therefore accuracy and speed.

Throws Any Pitch from Any Angle

A thrown ball curves in the direction of its spin. The faster the spin, the more it curves. Fastballs have backspin, which cause them to rise, or at least fall slower than they otherwise would. Sinkers and curves have topspin, causing them to drop. Knuckleballs ideally have no spin at all and move randomly. You set spin angle and amount on the control panel, and the machine automatically adjusts the wheel speeds to spin the ball in any direction to simulate virtually any pitch.

Can it Really Throw a Slider?

A slider spins around an axis nearly parallel to its direction of travel, like a football thrown with a spiral. The resulting break is similar to a curveball, but sharper. No commercial machine actually throws a slider- it's more of a fast 3/4 curve. This is a close approximation to a slider, and it's what virtually all pitching machines throw, including ours.


Specs:

  • Exclusive iPitch control panel
  • Throws 37 different pitches at any speed from 40 - 100mph
  • 3 contact points for the best accuracy at top speeds
  • Geared crank wheels for precise pitch location
  • New oversized transport wheels
  • Weighs 120lbs
  • Used by A's, Cardinals, Indians, Rangers and White Sox
  • Made in the USA
  • RPM3BB
  • Sizing Guide