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JJ WETHERHOLT 😤 He leaves the yard in his Major League debut!

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Elbow-Supported Dumbbell External Rotations: Do or Don’t? - ericcressey.com/elbow-supporte…

A moment Carter Baumler will never forget ❤️

Skip Schumaker told Rule 5 pick Carter Baumler that he made the Rangers Opening Day roster during a mound visit 🥹

Jesús Luzardo, Vicious 87mph Back Foot Sweeper. ✝️🦎

We use "hot-feet" medicine ball rotational drills often to teach back hip loading, but we commonly see athletes who don't grasp that we're trying to create elasticity and pre-stretch in the frontal (side to side) plane. As a result, they wind up just running in place (first video) and then going into their normal rotation. One cue to get us to what we want (second video) is to simply tell them to do a mini-Heiden (or mini-skater), a drill with which they're already familiar. When in doubt, build on something they already know!

The Englishman comes through in the clutch! 🏆 Matt Fitzpatrick secures his third win on TOUR @ValsparChamp.

When he needed it most! Matt Fitzpatrick birdies the last to take a one-stroke lead into the clubhouse @ValsparChamp.

Exercise of the Week: Offset Yoga Push-Up By elevating one hand on a 3” box, this variation adds thoracic rotation to a yoga push-up that might otherwise encourage rib cage rigidity. It’s great for challenging shoulder stability and rotational movement quality. 💪 #cspfamily

Karson Milbrandt Spring Breakout start: 3.0 IP | 0 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 3 BB | 6 SO #Marlins

In the new podcast, I highlight the importance of pitchers employing high-low models to their routines in order to optimize recovery and reduce the risk of injury. Additionally, I share examples of how this structure works in the real world. ericcressey.com/csp-elite-base…

3 strikeouts across 4.0 scoreless innings for Andrew Painter! 🎨

Twins' Manager Derek Shelton told @jaysonst that Jesus Luzardo has the best stuff of any pitcher they faced this Spring. "I don't know if anyone has Jesus Luzardo in that Cy Young pool this year, but it would be worth thinking about." -Jayson Stark on with @975Unfiltered 📸Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Jake Irvin’s stat line today: 5.0 IP | 3 Hits | 0 ER | 1 BB | 5 K’s

I posted five years ago about how to use the Acumobility ball for upper extremity health and performance, so it seems long overdue for me to share one of the ways we’re using it a bit further down the chain: on quadratus lumborum (QL). ericcressey.com/exercise-of-th…

Liam Hendriks got 4 whiffs on 8 swings today, ticked his fastball velocity up to 93.6 and is starting to get the Twins’ attention. Derek Shelton: “You can’t take away the been there, done that….There are guys who can’t do it. And he’s done it at a really high level.”

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A friendly reminder to young players: if a scout refers to you as "long, lean, and projectable," it's not just so that you have good social media self-promotion material. Rather, it's just a nice way of saying you're skinny and need to put in more work in the gym and kitchen.