Blaze Combo Heavy Duty Pitching Machine With 1 Yr. Warranty

The Blaze Combo Heavy Duty Pitching Machine is a full-metal baseball and softball pitching machine built for programs, academies, and serious home hitters who need a machine that will hold up to daily team use. A 1/4 horsepower heavy-duty motor drives speeds from 10 to 70 mph, and reversible metal legs flip between baseball release height and softball release height without tool-free tricks or workarounds. At 55 pounds the machine is still portable between a garage and a field, but the all-metal construction shrugs off the abuse a single-player home machine does not survive. A quick-slot ball-type adjustment lets the same machine throw lite baseballs, regulation baseballs, lite 11-inch softballs, regulation 11-inch softballs, lite 12-inch softballs, and regulation 12-inch softballs without swapping parts.

Baseball and Softball on One Machine

Dual-sport households and coaches working across baseball and softball are the most common buyers of the Blaze Combo. The reversible leg sections flip so the machine sits at the correct release height for each sport, which matters because softball pitching is an underhand-style release and baseball is overhand-style. Getting the release height right changes whether the ball arrives at a realistic angle into the strike zone or lands at the wrong depth. Pair that with the quick-slot ball-type adjustment and the same machine handles a coed backyard or a club program where baseball and softball athletes share the same equipment.

90-Degree Pitch Angle Adjustment

The Blaze Combo pivots across a full 90 degrees of pitch angle, which is the feature most relevant to coaches running mixed drills. The same machine throws grounders for infield work, line drives for outfielder tracking reads, strike-zone baseballs for hitters, pop flies for catchers practicing pop-ups, and high pop-ups for outfielders catching fly balls. That is five drill types with no machine swap, which is the difference between a team machine and a hitters-only home machine.

10 to 70 MPH Speed Range

Speeds from 10 mph for beginners learning to track a pitched ball up to 70 mph for older hitters doing timing work cover every realistic training speed short of elite-level machines. A coach can drop the speed down for a tee-to-machine transition with a nine-year-old, leave it at 50 mph for most middle-school reps, and crank it to the high-60s for high-school hitters building timing against faster pitches. Speed is stable within a round rather than drifting, which is what makes machine batting practice better than human-thrown BP for detecting swing flaws.

Heavy-Duty 1/4 HP Motor and All-Metal Construction

The 1/4 horsepower motor is the component that most determines whether a pitching machine lasts three seasons or ten. Smaller motors burn out under team-level daily use; the Blaze Combo's motor is built for that volume. The housing is all metal rather than composite plastic, which handles being loaded into a truck, dropped on a field, or set up by a teenager without cracking. Foul balls and incidental bat contact do not take pieces out of the machine the way they do with a composite-housing home unit. Backed by a 1-year manufacturer warranty against defects.

Who This Blaze Combo Pitching Machine Is For

The Blaze Combo Heavy Duty Pitching Machine fits travel-team programs that need one machine across a 12-player roster, high-school baseball and softball teams sharing equipment, private hitting instructors running lesson blocks, and serious home setups where one family trains multiple kids across both sports. It is overbuilt for a single-kid backyard (a BaseHit machine handles that use case at a lower price) and underpowered for college or pro training (which needs 90-plus mph machines). In the middle of that range (serious amateur, travel, high-school, private lessons) the Blaze Combo is in its element.

Training Applications

On the hitting side, the Blaze Combo handles straight batting practice, situational hitting (bunt, hit-and-run, two-strike), timing work at different speeds, opposite-field drills, and multi-round high-volume sessions. Each baseball session typically runs rounds of 10 to 15 swings with 30 to 60 seconds of rest between rounds. On the fielding side, the 90-degree angle adjustment lets the same machine throw infield grounders (low angle, 25 to 40 mph), outfield line drives (flat trajectory, 45 to 60 mph), and high pop-ups (steep angle, any speed). Catchers can practice blocking with the machine on a low angle bouncing balls short of the plate. For softball, swap the leg orientation and the ball chute and run the same drills for softball hitters and fielders.

Safety and Setup

The all-metal safety ball chutes feed balls into the throwing head from above, which keeps a hand-fed session safer than machines where a person holds the ball near the wheel. For auto-fed sessions, the Blaze Combo Automatic Ball Feeder accessory drops balls every four seconds without a hand near the wheel. Setup is tool-free: the legs snap in, the ball chute seats on top, and the power cord plugs into a standard 110V outlet. Plan on a flat stable surface. The machine stays planted at 55 pounds but is not bolted down, so a heavy foul ball could nudge it on loose turf.

Blaze Combo Heavy Duty Pitching Machine Specifications

• Speed range: 10 to 70 mph
• Motor: 1/4 HP heavy-duty electric
• Weight: 55 lbs
• Pitch angle: adjustable across 90 degrees (grounder to pop-up)
• Ball compatibility: lite baseballs, regulation baseballs, lite 11-inch softballs, regulation 11-inch softballs, lite 12-inch softballs, regulation 12-inch softballs
• Sport orientation: reversible metal legs for baseball or softball release heights
• Construction: all-metal housing and legs
• Power: 110V AC wall outlet
• Ball delivery: manual hand-feed, or auto-feed with the Blaze Combo Automatic Ball Feeder accessory (sold separately)

What's Included

• Blaze Combo pitching machine with all-metal housing
• Baseball safety ball chute
• 11-inch softball ball chute
• 12-inch softball ball chute
• Reversible metal leg sections
• Power cord

The automatic ball feeder, baseballs, and softballs are sold separately. Most buyers add the matching Blaze Combo Automatic Ball Feeder for solo practice and at least two dozen pitching-machine baseballs so rounds run continuously.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the Blaze Combo throw curveballs?

No. This is a single-wheel fastball machine with variable speed control and pitch-angle adjustment. For curveballs and breaking pitches, look at dual-wheel or three-wheel machines.

How does it compare to the BaseHit pitching machine?

The BaseHit is a composite-housing home machine at a lower price, good for single-kid backyard use up to about 45 mph on real baseballs. The Blaze Combo is built for team-level daily use with a heavier motor, all-metal construction, 70 mph top speed, pitch-angle adjustment for grounders and pop-ups, and baseball/softball sport switching. If more than one kid or a team will use it, the Blaze Combo is the longer-lasting pick.

Can I use it for softball only?

Yes. Flip the leg orientation, install the 11-inch or 12-inch softball ball chute, and the machine operates at softball release height for the full speed range. The same machine is a single-purchase solution for dual-sport programs or households.

Is 70 mph enough for high-school hitters?

For timing work and tracking, yes. Most high-school hitters train against 60 to 75 mph pitches in practice, not the 85-plus velocities they see in games. For college-level and pro-level timing work, a higher-speed machine is a better fit.

How loud is it?

The 1/4 HP motor runs louder than a typical home machine. Plan on about the volume of a small household shop vacuum. Outdoor team practices are unaffected, and indoor use in a gym or barn is fine. A finished basement is on the edge of comfortable depending on how much sound isolation the room has.

Can one person set it up?

Yes. The machine is 55 pounds and the legs snap in without tools. Most adults can set it up solo in under five minutes. Moving it between locations is also a one-person lift.