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Former thrower of ⚾️s at PLU & OSU | @DrivelineBB Pitching Trainer

Joined July 2025
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🧵 1/7 The kick change is a changeup variant where a spiked middle finger “kicks” the ball’s axis forward. Fastball arm speed + changeup spin + splitter style depth = a harder pitch that drops more than a traditional cambio. Check out this nasty @keenan_masters kick change
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Go Hatters! 🟢⚪️ I am blessed to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Stetson University! I'd like to thank God for giving me the opportunity to play baseball at the next level and helping me out along the way. I'd also like to thank my parents and siblings for their support through the ups and downs of my baseball journey ever since I was a little kid. I'd like to thank my teammates for their support and for always sticking by my side. Thanks to everyone else who has supported me in my baseball journey throughout the years. l'd also like to thank all the coaches who have helped me become the man and player that I am today. Special shout out to @DrivelineBB, @pitchingcoachAR, and @GregOlsen25 for their help and advice as I've grown and played this sport. Also thank you to Lazaro Collazo and @gabbydelgadosports for helping me along this journey too. I'd also like to thank Coach Gierke, Coach Brewer, Coach Kramer, and the rest of the @StetsonBaseball staff for their belief and confidence in me, and also the opportunity to play at the next level. I can't wait for this next stage of my life!
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110 percent committed#Lets get to work
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Your command isn’t as bad as you think 🎯 Not only is it trainable in the long run, but there are probably strategy tweaks you could make right now that would show up on field immediately. Great new blog from @Travis_Sawchik in the qt below ⬇️
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Low Days should be renamed exploration days. Put your body in positions/tasks it has never solved before. Make your brain learn something new. One, because it will allow you to become a more robust mover, and two, it is fun as hell. Going to need to have fun to stick around.
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3 years ago, I started at @DrivelineBB I didn’t even know if I wanted to be a hitting coach. And here we are. These are 3 of the biggest things I’ve learned in the last 3 years 🧵
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"Getting hot at the right time" is one of the most repeated phrases when it comes to playoff baseball. I pulled 25 seasons of MLB data (no 2020) to find out if it's actually predictive, or just something we say when a team wins it all. 🧵
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Maybe it's not raw win% but running hot relative to your own baseline that matters. I subtracted each team's full season win% from their window win%. WS winners: +.023 above their norm Rest of the playoff field: +.021 The signal disappears when you control for team quality.
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September tells you who's good. It doesn't tell you who wins in October. 15/25 WS champions finished above their playoff field's average down the stretch, basically a coin flip. "Getting hot at the right time" is a story that's written after the parade.
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Depending upon your role, the game demands the following: 🔘500-700 throws per week 🔘2,000-3,000 throws per month Your throwing program should ensure the first time you hit these weekly and monthly volumes is NOT in the month of June
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We are 3 Months into Ian Anderson's Return to Throw off of Shoulder Surgery Here is a look into exactly what we have done to get Ian back better than he was before and the principles being followed. Details Below 🧵
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"Driveline" has become a verb dadcoaches and uneducated fans sling around as a synonym for... well, who knows really. Whatever they don't like, I guess. What does "Driveline" really stand for? Simple: Writing things down, continually.
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Replying to @ADiegoJr
@ADiegoJr has been putting in some WORK so far this summer and early fall since assessing with us in July. Peak: 83.3 -> 89.8 Avg: 79.4 -> 86.6 He's also been up to 92 at fall showcases since and still has plenty left in the tank🚀
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What changed? Along with some gains on the HP side, we cleaned up a few things on the throwing side: - Improved lead leg block - Improved rotational velos - Better timing + magnitude of hip-shoulder separation - Elbow flexion inside 90 degrees -> increase in max shoulder ER
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Austin Riley in the last 6 years: '21-'23 - 4.9 WAR/600, .382 wOBA '24-'26 - 2.0 WAR/600, .319 wOBA He's gone from one of the best hitters in the league to an average player, what changed? 🧵
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‘27 RHP Alejandro Diego (FL) tosses up a quick 0 here in relief. Overpowered & worked strictly w/ the FB at 88-90. Ball is taking off up from long 6’7” frame, young for the class. @PG_Uncommitted #WWBAWorlds @Florida_PG @ftbteams
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The solution to throwing harder is often times right in front of our faces. How do I throw harder? Train to throw hard and watch the results speak for themselves.
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We're Hiring! Looking for Pitching Coaches for our Dominican Republic location 🇩🇴 Apply today ➡️ teamworkonline.com/baseball-…
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Gone are the days of "getting a MoCap" and being ahead of the curve Whether its through a facility in a bullpen or using in-game data, the edge is no longer having Motion Capture data - its how you use it 🧵
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