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Optimizing Bat Paths

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Every year new metrics are being made available to the public through Statcast. In the latest drop batting metrics were ...read more

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Blog Article

An examination of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s World Series Usage: Risky or perfectly safe and rational?

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026

As FOX returned to its World Series Game 7 coverage of the bottom of the ninth inning back in November, ...read more

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Blog Article

Is It Possible To Build Another Nolan Ryan? We Give It A Try.

December 18, 2025December 19, 2025

Leigh Montville was one of the few writers to get an up-close look at Nolan Ryan’s offseason routine. Prior to ...read more

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Blog Article

How many fastballs should a pitcher have on the menu?

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Logan Webb did a curious thing in 2025, well, a few curious things. San Francisco Giants ace had alrady long established himself as one of the better ...read more

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kinematics

Velocity Training

Overuse is Not the Problem: Undertraining is the Devil

November 8, 2012April 5, 2021

I’ve been trying to put this article into words for the better part of a year and debated completely shelving ...read more

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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

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Pitching Mechanics

Biomechanics Explained: The Difficulty of Measurement

January 6, 2012April 5, 2021

I wrote this for some friends of mine who had questions about biomechanics, and figured I’d share it here. ——- ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Reviewing ASMI’s Biomechanical Analysis of Dr. Marshall’s Pitchers (Focus: Performance/Velocity)

October 10, 2011April 5, 2021

I’ve been meaning to write on this subject for quite some time, and if it’s received well, I’ll write more ...read more

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Recruiting

Science of Scouting: A Look at Gerrit Cole

August 11, 2011

My newest article can be found on The Hardball Times – The Science of Scouting: A Biomechanical Look at Gerrit ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

The Limitations of Two-Dimensional Kinematic Analysis

June 15, 2011

A clip on YouTube that has gotten a fair amount of press is this SOMAX Sports clip of Tim Lincecum. ...read more

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