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Rehab starts are funny because you can read ‘oh cool 6 innings!’
Then you see it was on 62 pitches 😂
Jun 12
Shane Bieber's latest AAA rehab start is over:
6IP 5H 4K 1BB 0ER
(62 pitches, 46 strikes)
His 4-seamer averaged 91.4 mph (peaked 93.0)
#BlueJays
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Visiting outside pitching/hitting coaches is extremely run of the mill.
Especially for veterans. Lots of teammates, coaches, etc over the years that build up into a network to run things by and get work with.
When your hitting department is so bad you go get outside help and they make you worse
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Jun 11
🛎️ “You can’t run fast by running poorly.”
Some performance problems aren’t primarily informational or perceptual. They’re capability or organization problems.
One of the best parts of @SHREDmillSpeed is you can’t run fast by running poorly.
Had a kid make a 2 MPH jump from rep one to rep two just by understanding big anterior pelvic tilt with big back side mechanics will never be an efficient way to put force into the ground.
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Jun 9
🔥 Hot Take: If multiple successful solutions exist, all we know is that athletes don’t have to move identically to achieve the same outcome.
That doesn’t tell us whether some technical solutions are more effective, more efficient, more robust, or more trainable than others.
Jun 9
Does this suggest there is not “one correct technique” and behavior is a function of constraints 🧐
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A good time to re-up one of my favorite research articles I've done: Not only did Ted hit it there, but it was probably more like 530 feet, and it's almost impossible in today's park for anyone to do the same.
--> mlb.com/redsox/news/ted-will…
Jun 9
📍Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21
80 years ago today, Ted Williams hit the longest home run in Fenway Park history. Today, you'll find a lone red seat in the bleachers showing just how far his 502-foot blast traveled.
ALT Wide shot of the Fenway Park bleachers where a lone red seat stands out amongst a sea of green seats.
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These stadiums they play in for three days a year usually don’t have humidors.
People forget there is a lot of behind the scenes treatment of the baseballs.
Jun 9
Would’ve been gone in 0/30 parks and had a .000 xBA. I have no clue how a baseball hit at 94.6 EV, 48 launch got out, but evidently this field is magical, and this is just the newest reason why you can’t trust PCL power hitters.
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More interesting to think where the line is of good/bad individualization and why.
Hit line drives is good because it’s broad?
Hit the ball X between Y & Z degrees is bad and anti-individualization or no?
Same with biomech if you see great players hit X, Y positions etc
Jun 9
Yesterday i learned from multiple reliable source that the Red Sox offensive staff, both in the majors and minors, take a “one size fits all” approach with a large majority of the hitters they deal with, instead of working individually with the players.. and that seems wrong
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Second thought here might be controversial but I don’t really think Machado needs to know what FIP is.
Is what it is, but naturally talent hitter who’s excelled for a long time?
Wouldn’t have super high expectations on what analytics he’d know anyway.
Jun 6
Manny Machado on how baseball is evolving:
“I wish we could get the analytics out the way. I think there’s too many stats out there. Way too many numbers. I don’t even know half the stuff that goes up [on the scoreboard].”
(Via @DevineGospel)
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When do analytics become old?
Wasn’t expecting a FIP mention, which is 27 years old.
Just when I thought we were out on Machado
This is a great take
No more nerd shit!
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Such a hard time believing this is true.
Very well may be true but such a quick turnaround from the signings & trades to trying to move them.
The Giants are either playing 4D Chess or they’re completely delusional.
Cholowsky is almost universally mocked as the number one pick in the draft and feels like a shoe-in to be picked before SF picks at 4 (though the bonus pool money can complicate things).
via @BNightengale
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Feel it's a useful day to post this again. Last year, I studied every single MLB starting pitcher who debuted from 2008-2015. I grouped them by their average fastball velocity compared to the league.
The hard-throwers were better and had longer careers.
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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It can get bad out there
Apr 21
From what I am told, by the person who sent this to me. This is accurate, middle school kid threw 75 pitches in the first inning!
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Apr 21
Why does it seem like everyone is throwing 100? Because they are. The numbers of pitchers hitting triple digits keep growing, and Major League Baseball is changing because of it.
On the velocity revolution and how 100 mph is everywhere, free at ESPN: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4854…
Apr 17
"When I first came up the average fastball was around 89-91 and now it seems like everyone I'm facing is throwing 100..
You've got guys like Mason Miller throwing 104"
@MikeTrout #PMSLive
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Apr 17
The baseballs used in MiLB levels (below Triple-A) are softer, and the seams are higher to help with grip and air resistance, compared to those of MLB/AAA.
That allows for more "verty" behaviors, as Neighbors puts it.
Apr 17
Orioles closer prospect Tyson Neighbors sometimes sees an IVB of 27" on his four-seamer with Double-A baseballs.
@annieklaff caught up with the righty in Bowie on his pitch movement, valuable conversations with big leaguer Albert Suárez in Spring Training and more.
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Other than not really being true. I don’t know why it’s so difficult to understand that like the 5 hall of famers you can think of 20-30 years ago threw hard and these days nearly everyone who gets the call throws gas.
Apr 16
"When you're seeing velocities at 95 [MPH] today, those aren't velocities at 95 we saw."
Tim Salmon talks about the difference in how velocity is tracked, and how it may be misleading when comparing eras.
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