Drew Baumgartner

@NAIABall Complete game shutout

@NAIABall Pitcher of the week nomination Ethan Warren 9 ip 0 R 6 K's 5H 1 BB In Game 2 of the series Union Commonwealth upset Milligan

🚨WEEKLY AWARD NOMINATIONS! Nominations are open for player, pitcher, and team of the week for 3/2-3/8 Please include stats upon submission #NAIABall

Everyone lifts. Everyone throws bullpens. Everyone does arm care.⁠ ⁠ MLB pitchers set themselves apart by treating each rep as if it's the most important one of their lives. That extreme attention to detail and intentionality allows them to get the most out of their bodies and careers.⁠ ⁠ Baseball is different than other sports -- if you have a bad bullpen, you can't just go throw another one later that day. Take advantage of every rep and see the results begin to compound.

#commited #GoBulldogs

🔥Fired Up for our new Partnership with @UnionKyBsb to provide Armored Heat to all their Pitchers💪 Excited to work with @coachbaum12 to play our small role in their Player Development Process! 📈

It’s 2-1 vs 1-2 In 2025: 1-2: .161/.167/.244 2-1: .329/.333/.557 Babip: .286 vs .291 the biggest difference between a single pitch outcome

ACCOUNTABILITY #CultureWins

I've been on a mission to alert the pitching world about the problem with narrow plyo walls for a decade. The issue: Guys cheat the elbow to keep the ball in the center of the target so it doesn't end up on the edge of the narrow wall (as it would if you keep the arm in plane - shown below). This usually leads to pushing, dart-throwing arm paths, LOWER velo, bicep/tricep soreness, and a whole host of other downstream issues. "But just offset the 4-foot plyo wall arm side!" they say. Now you're a QB throwing an arm-side pass. The arm becomes disconnected from the torso, and the direction of the torso rotation suffers (no longer directing rotation through the target). This is rarely a solution. The actual solution? -Don't build 4-foot-wide plyo walls. -Back up much further from the wall (25+ feet) to soften the angles (helps somewhat). -Do constraint/drill work in catch play with leather balls instead of plyos.

"I completely changed my mechanics, and it took me like two months to do."⁠ ⁠ Tigers Closer, Will Vest, breaks down the mechanical changes he made when he began working with Tread as a minor leaguer. ⚙️