“Do Pitchers Repeat their Mechanics?” is a question you often hear with strong opinions on both sides. Luckily, we have a motion capture system here at RPP which allows us to measure movement with a high degree of accuracy. And, we have an answer to the question!
You may have heard of the “Laminar Express” as Trevor Bauer used to call it, or the Seam-Shifted Wake (“SSW”) as it has been called more recently. During the past few years, we have begun to really understand the seam-shifted wake. If you’ve been wondering what it’s all about and how it impacts pitcher’s ball movement, this article is for you, as we cover:
Continue reading “What is a Seam-Shifted Wake Pitch (in simple terms)?”
In Part 1 of this article, we covered in great depth the optimal metrics for an MLB fastball based on “slugging averages against” during the 2021 season. In Part 2, we are going to cover the optimal axes for:
Continue reading “What are the Most Effective Tilt Axes for Various Pitch Types?”
A lot of high school athletes are asking themselves this question this summer. Why am I not getting any college baseball offers or commitments? Is there something going on? The quick answer is YES!
Continue reading “Why am I not Getting any College Baseball Offers?”
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.
Continue reading “What is the Most Effective 4-Seam Tilt Axis in MLB?”
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?
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.
Continue reading “Podcast: Controlling the Pelvis and Back Leg in Pitching with Randy Sullivan”
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”
Pitch design has taken the pitching world by storm. In this 4 part YouTube webinar, we take you from basics to how you can actually implement pitch design and improve ball movement patterns with your pitchers…
It’s been even another crazy year for everyone, but that didn’t stop us from continuing our efforts to develop great ball players while educating the community at the same time. A few years ago, I started a series in which I posted the most popular blogs of the year. These are the articles that received the most traffic, according to our hosting statistics. It seems to be a favorite of everyone, so here we go again with the most popular baseball articles of 2021. Continue reading “Best of 2021… Strength Training, Pitching and Hitting Articles”
