Blog Article The Bat Speed Wars rage on. What will end them? November 8, 2025November 10, 2025 There is no end in sight to the Bat Speed Wars. We are not sure when we will be able to return ...read more 4 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article The latest and best iteration of Casey Mize (And his journey is not complete) October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 During Casey Mize’s first two career postseason starts this October, the benefits of his continued development were clear. On Oct. ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Blog Article The $92 Million Lesson: How the Blue Jays Rode Internal Development—Not Big Signings—to the ALCS October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 One of the loudest ovations erupting from the Rogers Centre crowd as lineups were introduced Sunday prior to Game 1 ...read more 19 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article How power ages (It might surprise you) October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Conventional wisdom posits that power improves with age. It suggests slugging prowess is a rare skill that ages well, becoming ...read more 6 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching Revisiting Stuff+: An Update on Driveline’s Methodology to Quantifying Pitch Design May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Introduction It’s been nearly 3 years since our first post explaining our Stuff+ model. If you haven’t read the post ...read more 19 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching Ultimate Guide to Baseball Pitch Grips January 10, 2022August 25, 2023 By Chris Langin, Pitching Coordinator & edited by Michael O’Connell Director of Education, updated 4/22/2022 Baseball pitch grips spark a ...read more 15 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching Pitch Design: What is Stuff+? Quantifying Pitches with Pitch Models December 13, 2021April 7, 2023 By Chris Langin, Pitching Trainer The art of “pitching” has many variables associated with it, some easily quantifiable and others ...read more 21 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching Optimizing Breaking Ball Shape Through Data-Driven Pitch Design, Part II October 12, 2021October 7, 2021 By Sam Bornstein, Baseball Ops Analyst In part one of this breaking ball pitch design series, we introduced a method ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching Optimizing Breaking Ball Shape Through Data-Driven Pitch Design, Part One September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Written by Sam Bornstein With technologies like Rapsodo, TrackMan, and Yakkertech reaching the mainstream in recent years, designing a specific ...read more 13 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching, Research Count-Dependent Pitch Quality June 13, 2021June 14, 2021 In the first part of the series, we took a stab at the what (which pitches), when (which counts), why ...read more 3 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitch Design, Research Count-dependent Pitch Profile Manipulation March 25, 2021April 2, 2021 “That’s my put-away pitch” “That’s my get-me-over pitch” If you’re a coach, player, or have simply been around the game ...read more 4 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design, Research An Introduction to Seam-Shifted Wakes and their Effect on Sinkers November 2, 2020August 18, 2022 Chances are that if you’re reading this blog post, you’ve had the fortune of watching a Mariano Rivera cutter, a ...read more 18 Likes | 1 Comment
Pitch Design How to Throw a Knuckleball October 5, 2020August 30, 2022 Welcome to Part 7, a special addition to the “How to Throw” blog series! The knuckleball is a fan favorite ...read more 15 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design How to Throw a Cutter July 3, 2020August 30, 2022 Welcome to Part 6 of our “How to Throw” series! In our final segment, we will conclude with a discussion ...read more 5 Likes | 2 Comments