Ivan Quackenbush

Incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining the Boston Red Sox organization as a Minor League Hitting Coach for the 2026 season!

The literal human Swiss Army knife. Nobody more deserving!

Red Sox hire three Driveline alum as minor league assistant hitting coaches; Worcester staff gets addition in Johnny Reina Boston also officially announced Ben Buck as new director of pitching and Quinn Cleary as new assistant director of pitching: masslive.com/redsox/2026/01…

Salem RidgeYaks Announce 2026 Coaching Staff, Chavez Returns as Manager 🔗: ow.ly/mxcz50XY0T6

@JaworowskiAaron Thank you Aaron!!

Congrats Ivan! We're always pulling for you.

@pEvers_MU Wouldn’t have happened without you and everyone else in @BaseballMU Grateful is an understatement. Saints forever!

Well deserved! Keep doing what you’re doing, congrats!

To all the programs and people who supported me along the way, I cannot thank you enough.

Incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining the Boston Red Sox organization as a Minor League Hitting Coach for the 2026 season!

@Brody_Vig99 @JoshVigansky @PrspctUNational 📈

Another 2 points for hitting dad in the back! Some great speeds today with my gamer bat sitting upper 60s and low 70s! @IQ_Baseball_ @JoshVigansky @PrspctUNational

@Corsillo11 Let it eat @Corsillo11

Put together a full 2025 offensive breakdown on Gavin Lux: swing decisions, bat path, ball flight, mechanical notes, and a full drill plan🔥👀 Deep dive on where he wins, where he can level up, and what his offseason focus should be. #Reds 1st hitting development card…✅

One of the reasons Over/under loaded training bats are so valuable. In your training you should mix in implements with varying weight distribution, length, barrel size. Try to swing them fast. Do so in variable, game representative environments. You will get better. It will translate to the game.

WORLD SERIES CATCHER COMP 🏆 WILL SMITH 🆚 ALEJANDRO KIRK Another 🔥 glove trail video from @IQ_Baseball_ 🧵

The idea that power fades with age has been repeated for decades, but the numbers are starting to tell a different story. Kyle Schwarber, Nolan Arenado, and Mookie Betts are holding onto and in some cases gaining bat speed and exit velocity deep into their 30s. They’ve changed the intention of their training, focusing more on skill, efficiency, athleticism, and trying out new methods. Across the league, that evolution is reshaping what the “aging curve” looks like. Power doesn’t have to decline, it just has to adapt.

The majority of high school catchers are unable to effectively catch off a knee because they are not given the opportunity to advance past the growing pains that come with learning and implementing a new skill or technique. If you restrict their freedom to move and explore based on their current capabilities then they will never grow beyond their current limitations.

@Jram2TBJ @reynoldsbatting This is the thing, for Kirk a big leaguer he can do it. Your average HS catcher probably shouldn’t be one knee, especially runners on base. HS kid not good enough to block both sides and get up and throw a guy out. If they are high level/elite HS player, sure..

Best blocker in baseball doesn't block a literal HBP so lets blame 1 knee catching

Make your B swing as productive as someone else’s A swing. Train Bat Speed. Raise your ceiling and elevate your floor.

Swinging the bat fast and hitting the ball hard. Bears 🤝 @BradyYates8 x.com/iq_baseball_/s…

Environment design and intent drive the adaptation. By creating environments that naturally encourage—or outright demand—a specific swing adaptation, coupled with a clear ball-flight target and focused intent, you create a space where the hitter instinctively learns how to move correctly, needing little to no direct coaching. Learning through self discovery outweighs over cueing and micromanaging the swing.

@BCesaratto26 📈

Nice make @HirchertJack

@JoshVigansky @Brody_Vig99 @PrspctUNational Gotta be one of the top garage cage setups in the country

Some EDDs followed by work in the renovated cage! The I screen almost didn’t get it done on the short bat!! @Brody_Vig99 @IQ_Baseball_ @PrspctUNational

@BridgerBSB Set the internet on fire🔥

🛰️ Ever wanted to see a hitter’s bat path pitch-by-pitch? I just launched v1 of an interactive app that maps MLB swing paths (2023 ASB → 2025 July) using Statcast + Savant data. Try it here: swingpath.streamlit.app — potential features & current critiques welcomed!