My guest today is Josh Epstein, Pitching Coach at the University of Richmond (Spiders) in Virginia. Josh has over 14 years of collegiate coaching experience with previous stops at Lincoln Memorial, Bloomsburg, Ramapo College and Monmouth. In his three seasons at Monmouth, the Hawks finished second in ERA in the MAAC conference, including an overall 3.21 team ERA after the 2021 campaign.
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There is certainly no shortage of data available from MLB for on-field performance by pitchers and players. In this article, we have combined data from several sources, including FanGraphs and Baseball Savant, to help identify the most effective pitch movement patterns in Major League Baseball. More specifically, we analyzed the performance of 4-seam fastballs from major league pitchers during the 2021 season (392 right-handed), by comparing slugging averages against horizontal, vertical movements and tilt axes of fast baseballs.
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My guest today is Walter Beede, a very interesting guy, with a baseball career that spans over 40 years, as a player, a coach and a father. He attended Fitchburg high school in Massachusetts, where he was All-New England 1st Team as a high school player. He received a scholarship from Arizona State University and was selected by the Chicago Cubs as a 13th round draft pick in 1981.
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Before we begin, we would like to extend our congratulations to Alex Kranzler (junior from Old Tappan High School) for earning All-State NJ.com “Player of the Year” honors. This is a significant accomplishment and it’s a credit to his hard work these past few years at RPP. He has been pitching, throwing and training at RPP since 2019 and probably spent over a total of 150 hours training this past off-season. Alex’s fastball was up to 93 mph this spring. Congrats Alex (as a side note Sean Hard also from RPP earned the same state-wide honor in 2021, he was up to 95 mph).
Ok, so how did our pitchers do this spring?
Super excited about my guest today, Jerry Weinstein. If there is a guy whose done it all on the coaching / player development side, it’s Jerry. Frankly, if I were young aspiring ball player or someone who wanted to go into coaching, any time Jerry speaks I would be listening… So, let’s go!
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My guest today is Phillies minor league pitching coach Vic Diaz. He is currently the pitching coach for the Clearwater Threshers, the Single A minor league team for the Philadelphia Phillies.
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It gives me great pleasure to introduce today’s guest, right handed pitcher, Josh Loeschorn. I have watched Josh grow-up here at RPP for the past 6-7 years into a highly accomplished pitcher and an excellent young man.
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Today we’re sitting down with TCU’s (Texas Christian University) Zach Dechant and discussing some of the challenges that athletes and coaches face day-in and day-out during the college baseball season, as well as what’s to be expected from the young athletes entering a Division 1 Program.
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Today’s guest is Randy Sullivan, owner of the Florida Baseball Armory in Lakeland, Florida and author of the books Start with the Pain, Armory Savage Revolution and Engineering the Superhuman Pitching Machine.
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Today’s podcast is with none other than Rob Friedman (aka the Pitching Ninja). I met Rob several years back, while speaking at one of Lantz Wheeler’s Pitch-a-Palooza events. I am very excited about this discussion, as it is my first episode and podcast. Continue reading “Podcast: A Peak into the World of the Pitching Ninja”
