In our last piece, we took a surface level look at the first publicly available pairing of Blast and HitTrax data. In this piece, we take a look at commonly held, specific beliefs that have been touched upon by our hitting trainers and see whether the data backs it up. We also take a more nuanced vi...
Driveline Baseball Podcast episode 23: On this weeks episode of the Driveline Baseball Podcast we have part 2 of the Trevor and Warren Bauer interview. In part 2 Kyle and the Bauer duo explore what baseball will look like in the near future as tech integration plays a bigger role inside the p...
For years, the game of baseball’s training environment hasn’t mimicked what occurs during a game. Throwing fastballs or curveballs every other pitch in batting practice hardly creates a random environment for pitches that hitters may see in a game. Though rotating between two pitches does get us fur...
One of the greatest benefits our assessment provides is how it better informs our staff when developing and implementing throwing programming. It is one thing for an athlete to have all of his assessment data at his fingertips and to understand precisely what was uncovered. But it is another to actu...
Driveline Baseball Podcast episode 22: On this weeks episode of the Driveline Baseball Podcast we are pleased to welcome on Trevor and his father Warren Bauer to discuss their experience using Edgertronic cameras to train and how their process has changed over time. They also discuss how Kyle...
In part one of The Business Case For Player Development series, we calculated prospect valuations for top tier minor leaguers and validated those estimates by looking at several trades throughout MLB. Building on that work, we use those valuations in this post to model the net-present value of impro...
Integrating modern technology to help build an individualized program is arguably one of the biggest challenges facing hitting coaches today. With new tools such as K-Vest, HitTrax, Blast Motion Sensors, and OnBaseU, hitting screenings becoming common among facilities and programs, and the opportuni...
Driveline Baseball Podcast episode 21: On this weeks episode of the Driveline Baseball Podcast Mike and Kyle discuss the new overlay tool Kyle built to display Rapsodo metrics over Edgertronic footage. How does this help our coaches in the gym? and what do our athletes think about it? Listen...
It’s fairly common to watch a game these days, see a pitcher throw 99 mph, and hear the reaction of fans be a mix of amazement and fear: amazement that certain pitchers can throw that hard, and fear that it’s unsafe and an injury is guaranteed. Given the many misconceptions and unknowns related to v...
In our previous biomechanics post, we looked at the data we had collected over the past six months. We looked at the averages of key metrics and what metrics correlate to velocity and torques on the arm. But we didn’t really look at how we interpret a biomechanics report for our athletes. When desig...
