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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

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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

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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

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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

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Coaches, Recruiting

Why You Weren’t Drafted or Recruited for Baseball

June 12, 2015April 6, 2021

On Twitter yesterday, I said: https://twitter.com/drivelinebases/status/609180900706746368 Common question and complaint I get is how or why I didn’t get drafted or ...read more

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Ubaldo Jimenez's Velocity Problems

April 9, 2013

If you haven’t been paying attention to the Cleveland Indians (I can’t blame you), Ubaldo Jimenez’s velocity has dropped like ...read more

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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

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