Category: Athlete Highlight

Outfielder and utility player AJ Aiello (Class 2026 – Old Tappan HS, NJ) joined us last fall for the RPP off-season hitting / strength program. In general, he was looking to increase his exit velo, and improve his adjustability and consistency at the plate. By the end of February this year, his top-end exit velo had improved from the mid-80s to 93 mph. This spring, he is off to a great start, currently batting .324 and slugging .559, versus .125 in both metrics the prior year.

How did he do it?

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Wayne Hills RHP Chris Cundari (Class 2026) joined us during the fall of last year in the Pitching Lab for off-season training. In general, Chris was looking to improve his velocity as well as get healthy. We got right into attacking his off-season training by finding out what Chris’ most readily achievable goals were. After 4 months of hard work, Chris is healthy again with a refined pitch arsenal and an increase in velo from T87 to T90.

How did he do it?

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Fairfield University Baseball RHP Kyle Lesler joined us last summer in our Collegiate Summer Throwing Program. The 12-week program is 100% customized to the needs of the individual athlete, whether it be increasing velocity, improving command and control, improving pitch-arsenal, or simply getting better across the board. In general, Kyle was looking to add more velocity to his heater while improving his overall pitch ability. He started the program in early June and by departure in August, his top-end velo had improved from 88 mph to 91 mph, and he substantially improved his changeup and breaking balls to compliment his 4-seam.

How did he do it?

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Sophomore Shortstop Jayden Acevedo (Don Bosco Prep) started training at RPP last summer. In general, he was looking to increase his overall strength and power, increase his exit velo and throwing velocity, and improve his consistency at the plate. By the end of February this year, his top-end velo had improved from 79.9 to 87.2 mph, and his infield throwing velocity had improved from 73 to 84 mph.

How did he do it? Quick answer… a lot of hard work…

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Seton Hill RHP Luke Deschenes joined us last summer in our Collegiate Summer Throwing Program. The 12-week program is 100% customized to the needs of the individual athlete, whether it be increasing velocity, improving command and control, improving pitch-arsenal, or simply getting better across the board. In general, Luke was looking to become more athletic overall. This included improving his body composition, velocity, command, and pitch repertoire. His initial assessment was done on May 24^th, so we had to get to work. By the end of August, his top-end velo had improved from 90 to 93, and he had substantially improved his sinker, change-up, and breaking ball to go along with his 4-seamer and cutter.

How did he do it?

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University of Richmond RHP Jackson Hinchliffe joined us last summer in our Collegiate Summer Throwing Program. The 12-week program is 100% customized to the needs of the individual athlete, whether it be increasing velocity, improving command and control, improving pitch-arsenal, or simply getting better across the board. In Jackson’s case, he was looking to return to school healthy (forearm strain), improve his velocity and expand his arsenal. By the time of his departure, he had improved his velocity from 89 to 92 mph, with a much-improved pitch repertoire.

How did he do it?

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Sophomore 2-way player Graham Keen first came to RPP in June of 2022 as a 14-year-old. At the time, he was 6’2” weighing in at 150 lbs. He was already very athletic with a tall build. Fast forward to September of 2024, he has been consistently training with us year-round on a remote basis for over two years. He stopped in recently for his bi-annual assessment. He is now 6’5” weighing in at 190 lbs., having added a couple inches and 40 lbs. in lean muscle mass. His pitching velo is T92 mph on the Trackman and his exit velo hit is 100+ mph. He is now ranked #2 Nationally by PBR in his 2027 Class. Whether you think rankings are relevant or not, #2 nationally by PBR says something. He is only a sophomore and he is already Elite.

Let’s review his recent assessment report, which leaves NO stone unturned!

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West Point commit and rising Junior, 6’2” RHP Quinn Miller joined RPP in September 2022.  In June 2022, prior to his start at RPP, he was clocked at 81 mph at a PBR event. By the end of our winter-training program in February 2023, Quinn touched 85.5 mph at another PBR event. Unfortunately, during the summer of 2023 Quinn had to have TJ Surgery.  After a year of hard work, both inside the weight room and inside the nets, Quinn recently hit a PR of 90+ mph.

How did he do it?

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Lefty Ryan Malone, rising senior at Burke Catholic High School, started training with us during the summer 2022, and has gone through quite the transformation. After training remotely for a period of time, he decided to drive an hour each way to our facility during the past off-season and joined our in-house training program. Beginning this spring he went back to training remote.  Since he began his training, he has improved his velo by 12 mph, touching 87 mph recently this summer.

How did he do it?

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Stevens Commit Dean Qira (Class 2024) joined us in August 2022 looking to improve his overall strength.  This past off-season, he also enrolled in our fall and winter pitching programs to help improve his mechanics and raise his velocity ceiling.  During this time period, Dean has made some major improvements. The 6’0” southpaw began his training in the fall weighing 173 lbs. with a FB topping out at 84 mph (6/9/2023 PG). Fast forward to May 2024, and he is absolutely dominating his high school season. Dean is sitting 87-88 and T89 mph, with a 1.13 ERA in 31 IP.

How did he do it?

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