Tyler White

This will probably be a surprise to some people. There’s so much more going on behind the scenes. We’re just getting started. nytimes.com/athletic/64701…

@PitchingNinja @dgoold This is phenomenal. Excited for this dude

This type of pitch will be BRUTAL for hitters with the ABS challenge system. Curveball with over 5 feet of "drop," barely clipping the top of the zone.

If you haven't already listened, check out what the baseball world is talking about and the exciting future of player development and rehab. Big things coming! open.spotify.com/episode/3NywRO… @Owens_Recovery @unconquerablept

@srbrown70 Uh oh, information is getting out. I know of a few teams that have been using AI to detect pitch type based on the pitchers mannerisms and body positions for at least a year now. I’m happy this is public knowledge now.

studying ball flight only tells you so much about how batters detect which pitch type is coming. in games they use a ton of biomechanical info from the pitcher's delivery as well to give them a strong prior ahead of ball release. cool paper studying that: arxiv.org/abs/2603.04874…

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Had a conversation over coffee in my office with John Garrett who was with Rapsodo at the time where he was saying if we can get the 9 point axis of ball flight (may have worded that wrong) that we could theoretically design pitches that move and break at different times if we reorient seams and play with grip and pressure to analyze seam orientation through ball flight. Essentially designing pitches to break later and move differently than the player can perceive. Never fully figured out how to master this. Just too many minute variables.

Ok, I don't know what any of this means 😂 but! I see this all the time (below) and always wondered what it was. For a while, I thought it was evidence of seam-shifted wake moving the ball lol (don't believe that's true now). The actionable questions from my layman's POV.. 1) Does it matter? Aka, does this cause unexpected movement in some way? 2) Can you actually harness it, or are we looking at more of a side effect that doesn't really have an impact on ball flight in a material way Hope this makes sense! Curious! x.com/LanceBroz/stat…

I decided to write up some notes about spinning baseball physics motivated by some conversations at SABR this weekend. Specifically, why the seams reorient under the (seemingly) static spin axis github.com/viviennep/spin…

New pitch he’s working on

The last major competitive grab in pro baseball player development is still out there. Staff recruitment and retention are success multipliers. Sell out to find the best and keep the best. It’s the only robustly researched area of influence that gets treated like pseudoscience.

Play Free Bird

I spy with my little eye… @unconquerablept @Owens_Recovery @ZINGER29 @Prime_Reaction

@thomasgauvain Might just see him doing some innovative training techniques that are starting to spread throughout baseball… 🤫

Opening Day starter?! #STLCards

Pitchers and catchers report, arms start dropping like flies. A tale as old as time.

Pitchers and catchers report next week. You know what that means! We’re back! Book now at invictusperformancetherapy.com

@AlexFast8 @jcalvinmeyer My man!

@jcalvinmeyer IP in that timeframe: 1. Logan Webb: 820.0 2. Framber Valdez: 767.2 3. Zac Gallen: 734.0

Since 2022: Framber Valdez: 3.21 ERA // 1.159 WHIP // 23.9% K rate // 7.9% BB rate Zac Gallen: 3.63 ERA // 1.134 WHIP // 24.8% K rate // 7.1% BB rate

Ben is spot on with these ⬇️

Pitchers: where does your arm get sore?🤔 This can reveal quite a bit about your mechanics and give clues as to underlying issues. A common example: biceps/triceps soreness Lower biceps/triceps soreness is almost always linked, anecdotally, to a pushy, climbing, throwing elbow. This could stem from -The torso flying open (causing the push) -Guarding from a prior injury -Bad habits built from chasing fastball vert -Bad cues (i.e., throw the back of the elbow) -Using excessively heavy implements (i.e., 4lb plyos or wrist weight throws) Regardless, what happens is that the tricep becomes a PRIMARY accelerator of the arm into ball release (dart throwing pattern), instead of a secondary stabilizer. Because the acceleration pattern is now an entirely elbow extension pattern (rather than a clean unwinding/whipping of the arm in plane with the torso), the lower biceps/muscle belly becomes the PRIMARY decelerator of this dart-throwing action. It's not about doing biceps eccentrics in the weight room or having a weak bicep in most cases. It's about fixing the underlying cause of why your arm is pushing, and making sure the right muscles are serving as accelerators, stabilizers, and decelerators at the right time.

Facts

Working on the craft this morning at @Prime_Reaction with @ZINGER29 with the @owensrecovery BFR leg cuff on.