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Improving skills Former: @DrivelineBB Writing on baseball & sports in the link below open.substack.com/pub/rotatenews… Joined August 2009

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2 days ago

@realAkashAnand Video skills

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5 days ago

@devenmorgan @drivelinekyle Is it selling more bats or trying to get more kids to play with lighter bats.

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6 days ago

@abarkett17 Seems like there would be a pretty small difference between the effort between those two, no?

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6 days ago

Don’t really think players trying to hit bombs in BP in a new phenomenon at any age. Just have a new boogie man to blame for it.

Talked to Manny Ramirez today about taking batting practice. He said today’s BP has become pull-side homers and exit velo. He and David Ortiz worked gap-to-gap. Middle of the field first. The home runs showed up on their own. That isn’t an accident. ⚾️ Habits are important!

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Max Price @MrMaxPrice

6 days ago

Every time I watch MLB hitters take BP, I see the exact opposite of this. Hitters still very much work the middle, the gaps, etc. I honestly don’t see much difference between the BP of the early 2000s and the BP of today.

Andy Barkett @abarkett17

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7 days ago

Does anyone even enjoy anything these days

Ohio Divided @BuckeyeNatty

2 weeks ago

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OC @OC____

7 days ago

Probably not as relevant to Skenes but this is also why it’s still good for high effort throws, just let it eat in a pen for 2-3 to heat check things.

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7 days ago

Move slightly different and may not see much of a difference. But if you keep moving slightly different from a slightly different point then all of a sudden it takes a bit of work to change that baseline and get it back.

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7 days ago

Can’t say he was really wrong, given his performance until the last few weeks. But slowly taking the foot off the gas a bit means that your mechanics find a ‘new normal’ then that changes your baseline over time.

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7 days ago

Can never really rule out an injury but if it’s been over this long of a time my bet would be he bought into the idea that he could still be successful at a lower velo and then did so. But there is always a threshold where performance falls off in a jump.

Ryan Venancio @ven_armbarn

7 days ago

Paul Skenes career velo by game.

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HitDr @CoachCahill

a week ago

The biggest difference today is the structured play. When kids are at the park and nobody is around, they play. When a kid doesn’t feel good throwing, he stops. Today every throw is at a structured practice, game, or pitching lesson. Let the kids play and they’ll be healthier.

Coach Beede @CoachBeede

a week ago

A father told me his ten-year-old throws year-round on three teams. I asked what the rush was. A young arm does not bank innings, it spends them. Rest is not lost development. It is the development. The kids still pitching at eighteen are the ones who sat in the winter at ten.

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a week ago

@KyleUnitas You saying there are good and bad ways to do part practice correct? Depending on how it’s set up/coached etc

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a week ago

Isn’t the error Bauers dropping the ball at first?

Reds Daily @RedsDaily4

a week ago

Are the Brewers stat padding for their ace Jacob Misiorowski? This was clearly a hit, but the Brewers official scorer marked it as an error. As a result, Miz only had one earned run instead of FIVE. Hmmm. Makes you think for someone in NL CY Young Contention. What’s going

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Tangotiger 🍁 @tangotiger

2 weeks ago

A reminder that bat speed is, to a large extent, a timing metric Early contact or short-swing means that we "stopped short" on the clock. Naturally, the speed won't be there... unless of course the batter TIMED the swing to want to make early contact Be careful out there...

Jorge Arrate @JArrate25

2 weeks ago

I was interested in how Bat Speed and Swing Length intertwine with each other. Intuitively, it makes sense that a longer swing would result to higher speeds but could a short path and fast swing be the crown jewel. Notable takeways⬇️

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2 weeks ago

Not too surprising but @LanceBroz pointed out that’s the type of arm the Cubs like x.com/lancebroz/stat…

Nate Roper @NateRoper_

2 weeks ago

David Peterson made a HUGE change to his fastball! Peterson is essentially throwing a cutter! Typically he's at 13" of carry with 3" of arm-side run, but in the 1st inning he was at 10" of carry with 0" of arm-side. That's a major boost in stuff!

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3 weeks ago

@LanceBroz Lines up with him dropping his cutter?

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3 weeks ago

I know he gets this comp already but this swing does look quite Yordan-esk

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Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo

3 weeks ago

A great piece today from @GeoffPontesBA on the Delano Bat craze that's happening this summer in amateur baseball. Is it wood? Is it composite? How much does it cloud a scout's ability to project hitting skill and power? Is it legal? Should it be? baseballamerica.com/stories/delano…

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4 weeks ago

No one else had a high school coach who would ‘review’ the book a day or two after a game…

Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48

4 weeks ago

PSA: GameChanger stats… Pitch counts, strike outs, walks and runs scored are the only basic stats that can’t be manipulated. Unless of course the person running GC forgets to change pitchers or has the lineup wrong. If the person running it struggles to differentiate between