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UMO Baseball Alumni Hitting Instructor @DiamondElit3 Canes 15U/14U National Coach

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Porter Anglin
Porter Anglin@anglin_porter·
Went 2-3 tonight with a rbi double and a bunt for a hit.
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Diamond Prospects
Diamond Prospects@diamondprospect·
Highly touted 2026 RHP Parker Reavis getting the nod for Carolina Forest. Right away showing a three pitch mix and a + changeup. FB: 88-90 BB: 78-80 CH: 82 North Florida signee @ForestBaseball #DP2026
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Jonathan Lucroy
Jonathan Lucroy@JLucroy20·
The answer is simpler than you would think. In general, bad hitters you pitch away, occasionally show in off or up in to keep honest. Good hitters you have to pitch in. Have to. My last post I showed 2 charts on Beltre and Miggy. Go look at their numbers on FBs in the 9box illustration. To your point, great hitters have all the same general approach and don’t adjust their path or approach according to the pitcher. Several years ago I ran some numbers, from lefties and righties, on pitch location percentages across the league. These numbers are rough and could be slightly different now, but it makes sense from my experience behind the plate. These numbers were for RHHs only. 68% of pitches thrown in a MLB game are located middle of plate to away. So, almost 3/4 pitches thrown to RHH’s are located middle to away. As a catcher, I knew how hard it was for pitchers to locate in. 3/4 results of the pitch call are negative, UNLESS you are pitching in to show for away. Ball, HBP, you yank it back over middle in(no bueno), or you paint it for a strike(bueno). My hitting coordinator my first year in the minor leagues was Mike Lum. Go look him up. He played with Hank Aaron. Anyway, I asked him what Hank’s hitting approach was. He said Hank didn’t care about location of pitch, he just tried to hit the ball hard back up the middle. Stay back on off speed and drive it up the middle. @RealCJ10 same thing. Back spin the ball through the CF wall. I never cared about other team’s reports on me. I looked for a pitch I could hit hard back up the middle. Little late? Drive it oppo, little early, I’d pull it. Stay back on offspeed. Simple, but I always wanted to drive it back up the middle hard.
Eric Schmidt@ESchmidtChicago

@JLucroy20 Semi-related question…how much does this become a cat and mouse game at your level? Guessing you got to see reports like these on yourself. How much could you take advantage of that info, and for how long, before teams continued to adjust?

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Diamond Elite
Diamond Elite@DiamondElit3·
FA LHP Matt Mikulski 4FB: 90-93 (Avg. 14”IVB/-9”HB) CT: 86-89 (Avg. 7”IVB/0”HB) SK: 91-92 (Avg. 8”IVB/-20HB) CH: 83-84 (Avg. 1”IVB/-17”HB) SW: 76-80 (Avg. 2”IVB/18”HB) * Average: 4’5” Rel. Height Contact for more data & info #TrainWithLions #WolvesEatSheep #DE
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Diamond Elite
Diamond Elite@DiamondElit3·
FA RHP Elian Almanzar (@elianAlmanzar1) FB: 94-97 (Avg. 18”IVB/1.3”HB) CT: 94 (6”IVB/-1.8”HB) SL: 91 (1.8”IVB/-2”HB) CB: 84 (Avg. -9”IVB/-11”HB) SW: 85 (-1.8”IVB/-14.8”HB) *Last Time in Game: 100-102 mph Contact for more data & info #TrainWithLions #WolvesEatSheep #DE
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Wake Forest Baseball Analytics
Wake Forest Baseball Analytics@Wake_Analytics·
Luke Costello so far this season: 38 AB .429/.579/1.071 1.650 OPS 🤯 6 HR 6 BB 3 K 94% Z-Con% 12% Chase%
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