Blog Article, Pitching Trevor Rogers’ comeback is a classic Driveline success story – with some new wrinkles August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Trevor Rogers heard the noise. Just weeks after last summer’s trade deadline deal to acquire the lefty from the Marlins, ...read more 4 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Hitting The Many Swings of Bryce Harper — And The One Swing of Nick Kurtz. How many clubs should hitters have in the bag? August 3, 2025August 7, 2025 In the spring of 2013, former Washington Nationals hitting coordinator Rick Schu was collecting iconic swings from DVDs of Ken ...read more 9 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitching Lets Not Kid Ourselves, Greg Maddux Was A Unicorn. July 19, 2025July 22, 2025 Many have heard the message shouted through the chain-link fence of a local amateur field or read the comments in ...read more 12 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Off‑Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 3: Non‑Linear Running May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Welcome to the third installment of our four‑part series on off‑season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. ...read more 2 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design Locating Up in the Zone – Better for Amateur/Recreational Pitchers May 14, 2012July 2, 2021 Pitchers at all levels of the game are told to locate their pitches in the bottom half of the zone ...read more 0 Likes | 3 Comments
Blog Article Making the Sabermetric Argument for Increasing Fastball Velocity May 12, 2012 In talking with major league executives, I often tell them: “What would it be worth if you could restore the ...read more 0 Likes | 5 Comments
Velocity Training Dylan Bundy, Radar Guns, Self-Myofascial Release (SMR), and News on Our Athletes (May 10th Q&A Video) May 10, 2012 Did a new Q&A video covering topics like Dylan Bundy, Radar Guns, SMR, and what our athletes are up to ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Velocity Training Ubaldo Jimenez, Lost Velocity, and the Need for Dedicated Video Review May 4, 2012 My post on Ubaldo Jimenez’s lost 96 MPH fastball went up today over at The Hardball Times. In it, I ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Velocity Training Weighted Baseballs, Wrist Weights, Elbow Injuries – Q&A Video (May 1st, 2012) May 1, 2012April 5, 2021 Got a bunch of questions on Twitter (@drivelinebases) and via email – wanted to answer them in a 10 minute ...read more 0 Likes | 1 Comment
Pitching Mechanics Michael Pineda, SLAP Tears, Forcing a Change-Up, and Pitching Mechanics April 30, 2012April 5, 2021 Did forcing Michael Pineda to work on his change-up cause his shoulder injuries? 0 Likes | 3 Comments
Blog Article Summer Training, Spring News, and Crazy Coaches' Corner April 21, 2012 The summer season is nearly upon us, where high school seasons will be falling by the wayside and school will ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Case Studies, Strength Training, Velocity Training Training to Meet Your Goals: Simple, But Not Easy April 9, 2012June 10, 2022 Fitness guru Dan John has a famous saying: “I said it was simple. Not easy.” Dan means that it’s not ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Pitching Mechanics, Youth Baseball Young Arms and Curveballs: The Real Story Behind it All March 22, 2012July 2, 2021 Two weeks ago, the NY Times published an article titled Young Arms and Curveballs: A Scientific Twist. In the article, ...read more 0 Likes | 10 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Joel Zumaya’s Tommy John: His Pitching Mechanics’ Fault? February 27, 2012April 5, 2021 What causes Tommy John surgery? Why did a certain pitcher get hurt–and another did not? The answers are often extremely ...read more 0 Likes | 3 Comments