Can we accurately evaluate an organization’s ability to acquire and develop players relative to their competitors? In part one of our mini-series looking at the overall state of minor league player acquisition and development, we attempted to answer that question by building a database of over 8,000...
As we’ve continued along with The Business Case For Player Development Series, we’ve attempted to evaluate and analyze specific subcomponents of player development in today’s rapidly changing landscape. These micro-level analyses have been useful in identifying the cost of inefficiencies that still...
This off-season and spring training have seen a major upheaval in the number and type of coach that is being hired into the professional ranks, while the use of technology throughout all levels of professional baseball has increased drastically. This new level of investment demonstrates clearly that...
If you’ve read Coaching Hitting Mechanics, you have a good idea of our methods for coaching hitters. Some of the staples are overload and underload training, environmental and physical constraints, variability, and overspeed. Coaching hitters is a field that is typically guided by conventional wisdo...
This post from our Coaches Series was written by Justin James, Assistant Coach at University of California, San Diego. He took over there in January 2017, having coached the previous two seasons at Point Loma Nazarene University. I took over the pitching staff at UC San Diego in early January 2017....
In Part I of this series we discussed the importance of in-season training for the starting pitcher in baseball, the differences between professional, collegiate, and high school demands on in-season training, and considerations for developing a week-long “rotation” or routine for high s...
