Coordinator, Pitching Rehab @redsox | Theory can only take you so far
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Nobody hydrates like me. I drink more water by noon than most people drink all week. Why? Commitment to excellence. A dehydrated teammate is a selfish teammate
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Excited to announce my commitment to play baseball at the University of Cincinnati!thanks to @NEBscottp @Kruger422
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Coaching ≠ Changing
- Avg FB Spring '22- 88.8
- Avg FB Spring '23- 92.9
- Avg FB Fall '23 - 94.5
- How did he do it?
- He got stronger and older 🤷🤷
- John came in as an elite thrower who was 175 pounds.
- He's now 190 and still an elite thrower.
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In July, Garrett arrived on campus with some elbow pain and a throw filled with compensations.
Our entire focus for the fall was cleaning up his throw, getting rid of his pain, and getting back to past form.
Grunting 86 in pens in August ➡️ flicking an easy 89-91
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1 year transformation from Sophomore Dylan Brown 👀
Create the environment, acquire the right guys, and watch how they grow.
With higher fastball velo, outlier release metrics, a new breaking ball, and outstanding work ethic- he’s poised for a huge Spring!
#OlDirtyDevelops
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Folks, @nxmeyer15 is undefeated in Conference Championship games. Please don’t forget that
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Even though I wish I could say that I was sending you all that fantastic deal for ray bans, it wasn’t me. I can’t get you a great deal on sunglasses but I can give you great tips for proper hydration.
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Movement profiles and release metrics play a huge role in a pitcher's effectiveness. However, they don't paint the whole picture
Deception is a huge piece
Most pitcher have something they do really well or different
For Trent, deception helps his stuff play way up
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-Sam Armstrong in 2022: 5.40 ERA| .276 BAA | .463 SLG| 4.95 FIP
-Sam Armstrong in 2023: 3.51 ERA| .238 BAA| .355 SLG| 4.02 FIP| Chicago Cubs Draft Pick
-How did he do it?
-Aside from being one of the best workers/leaders I have ever been around, Sam reinvented himself
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When you’re out risking your life on the front lines grinding so people can have their food delivered and they don’t tip you :(
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Had a professional baseball player tell me he out hydrates me today. What a slap in the face. That’s like Justin Bieber saying he’s a better qb than Tom Brady. Grow up, I’m a hydration machine. (It was @JWiems17 btw)
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9 minute deep push-up here from Trent. Wild. He earned the right to sag a little bit
Practically everyone else PRd after this 🤷
Create the environment, then watch your players continue to raise the standard
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Want to get better? Go to @NorthEast_BBall Want good friends? Go to the lab. In need of a personality? The lab. Good role models? The lab. It has it all
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When adding a new pitch/pitches to an arsenal, it is vital to monitor the throw and other pitches
- When adding a changeup this summer, a huge focus for John was making local changes that did not change him globally
- Monitoring his throw and fastball shape was paramount
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Hey @ChristianYelich, on that diving catch you just had I was yelling in for you. Not sure if you heard me, I’m in the upper deck to your right, but you look great tonight. You’re a good player!
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Good Player
.@JHolobetz garnered some buzz for his brief performance in the @OfficialCCBL, striking out 10 and walking two in 6.1 scoreless IP.
Look for the RHP to join the @ODUBaseball rotation after developing his cutter and changeup.
@KinaTraxInc Fall Report 👉 d1ba.se/48vScwN
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2025 LHP Patrick Clemmey 82-87 this week at WWBA. 1.1 ip with 4 strikeouts. 6’4 with long levers and a sharp mid 70s breaking ball.
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Wow. What a play by Deandra. Great pocket presence from Kelly. #TheBachelor
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Way too many people who pay 50 bucks to shoot a 120 every Sunday at their local country club talking bad about Tom, the greatest human to ever walk this earth, Brady today
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Some really special 2025 arms on the @NorthEast_BBall Pirates. Going to update this thread weekly
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@NEBscottp @Coach_MAbes @JSully12 @lukechiasson37 @hopspitching
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🚨 Prospect Alert🚨 my close personal friend Matthew Killian is making a comeback to baseball. Impact center fielder who can swing it! @MLBDraft @NorthEast_BBall @Ken_Rosenthal @chiefs_burner @NCAACWS
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Whoops. Our fault
NEB Pirates win 3 today to take home the NEB 16U Classic. Wanat bases clearing triple in the top of the 7th to win it, Aiden Green shut it down on the bump. Wanat, Tillinghast, Wolff and Gamelli had huge at bats all weekend. Happy 4th! .@NEBscottp .@NorthEast_BBall .@murrdog13
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97! In sneakers no less!
Bullpen earlier today. Need baseball to comeback glad to be out here. FB-CH mix. @FlatgroundApp
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This may be the wildest take of the year. It’s only January 24th!
MLB ought to disqualify anyone who gets/needs that surgery. It's as deleterious as steroids—an artificial biological alteration to enhance performance. Then pitchers will be forced to pitch efficiently to win ballgames rather than hit peak velo. The game will be better for it.
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Top 1 in looks too
Bearcats junior left-hander Evan Shawver has been named one of the Top 100 prospects in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, according to @d1baseball.
📝: cpaw.me/110bf
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Not gonna lie If my good friend @TomBrady did what Myles Garret did, I’d defend it
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Once you identify what makes a guy an outlier, you can then make a plan to compliment that characteristic(s) and enhance an arsenal/game plan
Without identifying outlier characteristics, you might miss out on some immediate, improved outcomes
#OlDirtyDevelops
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2025 RHP Leo Boucher 82-85 with a mid 70s slider. Has been up to 87. Really good movements with a super quick arm. Gonna throw gas!
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✅ Prepare for the physical demands of throwing
✅Get rid of pain
✅Learn how your lower half/arm action should work
✅Stay stacked
✅Allow your arm to unwind on plane
Not close to finished, but huge strides so far.
Kid is a high motor beast 🫡
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- This is just a snapshot into the overall process with Sam, as it took a lot of work to get to this point
- Given how intelligent and aware he is, Sam, Coach Marron, and I were able to really work as a team to help Sam reach his goals
- Stay tuned for more 👀
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- Chasing a shape in isolation will rarely yield the results that are intended
Current Metrics:
- FB: Avg 94 w/ 20 ivb
- CH: Avg 87 w/ 8 ivb/15 hb w/ 60% whiff 👀
- ✅ Killing Vert ✅ Killing Velo ✅ Improved Arsenal
- Local changes >>> Global changes
#OlDirtyDevelops
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Clearly Garrett was compensating due to some shoulder impingement issues in the past
Keeping his elbow low and leading with it to avoid ER and real layback, he started to develop elbow pain and it kept getting lower and pushier
So, we constrained and educated
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- John has done a fantastic job of sacrificing himself to the process while remembering what makes him really good.
- After an outstanding 2023 season, John now has a harder fastball and a few new toys for the Spring 👀
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With 2 years under his belt and 103 college innings, we already had a lot of answers in front of us.
Looking back to 2021 when Garrett was up to 95 in high school, the blueprint was pretty clear.
Shoutout McConaughey
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Pete is a warrior for battling through this head injury. Really makes up for his terrible shots at the amusement park. #TheBachelor
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As far as quantifying deception as a whole goes, we haven’t found a good way to come up with one number.
Individual factors are easier to quantify though, like measuring how long the ball is hidden in seconds or frames. It can give answers to why a pitch or arsenal plays up
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- Leaning into his natural bias as a supinator, we added a SSW sinker
- Using his sinker in early counts vs RHH, Sam limited damage and was able to leverage better counts to create better outcomes
- Paired with his sweeper and cutter, he became platoon neutral!
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2025 Cam Piwnikki is a 5’10 RHP who has been consistently 80-84 t85 with some serious ride. Averages 18+ IVB on the fastball. Another projectable guy with a super clean delivery.
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- In the development process, the throw ALWAYS has to be the main thing.
- Never sacrifice throwing efficiency for gains elsewhere
- Monitoring his throwing patterns, velo, mobility, vertical jump, and general power output in the weight room has been paramount
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+++power displayed in this low tee drill @NCAACWS @FlatgroundApp @RedSox
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- When working on the CH shape in PD bullpens, we always added blocks of fastballs to monitor release height, IVB, axis, etc.
- When FB IVB dropped below 18 in this case, we added more FB volume to reinforce his true patterns
- Entire Arsenal/Patterns >>> One pitch shape
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- Throwing wise, we attacked a few inefficiencies
- Adding a coil around the back hip allowed him to create/maintain tension through the linear move and stay stacked down the slope
- ❌Pushy Back Leg ✅ Loaded Rotating into FFS
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- It's important to first look at the whole arsenal and decide what (if anything) is needed AND why
- Next, using a pitcher's strengths/anatomical biases to create a pitch development plan
- Having multiple mound sessions at varying intensities per week expedites this process
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Hey @ChristianYelich, me again. You just threw us a ball all the way up in the top section. Wow, you’re not a good player, you’re a GREAT PLAYER. Way to represent the 805!
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2025 LHP Gian Gamelli was lights out at the 15u WWBA. 6ip, 10ks, 1 bb.
Fastball is 80-83 with some ride. Really athletic dude who can hit too
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Wow. Another poor showing on the court for peter. Not a good look #TheBachelorABC
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2025 Nolan Canestrari is a 6’3 RHP. 80-84 with a legit sinker/slider combo. Really effortless and simple delivery. Super high ceiling.
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Fall 2022: wOBA vs RHH/LHH- .428/.313
Spring 2023: wOBA vs RHH/LHH- .310/.315
- Sam's 4S carved LHH in the fall, 35% whiff/ .071 SLG
- RHH hammered it, 18% whiff/ .750 SLG
- This crushed his overall effectiveness vs RHH, as seen in the image
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You need to talk to Killian, this really reflects poorly on the program @NEBscottp @Matt_Killian18
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@coleharting whoops your bad
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨! 📚
Cole Harting's 6-6 performance @ Xavier today ties a UC record for most individual hits in a game.
Harting is the sixth #Bearcats player to accomplish this - and the first since Logan Parker on May 13, 2006 vs WVU.
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- Sam cut from 255 pounds to just under 245.
-Being extremely hyper-mobile and strong (He could superset a 600 pound deadlift with putting his head between his legs)
- He was able to maintain strength, increase his vert, sprint speeds, and ultimately rotational capacity
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- What can be a challenge is ensuring a guy doesn't lose what makes him an outlier in the quest for velo or make gains elsewhere that inhibit his ability to be an elite thrower
- Put up the guardrails and make sure players stay in between them, monitoring everything you can
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