🗣️ SHOULD YOU THROW IT DOWN THE MIDDLE? 🗣️ Rob Friedman posted a clip talking about this, citing Tangotiger 🍁 and myself. Generally before 2 strikes, I advocate a middle-middle target for a lot of pitchers. 🗣️ "If your stuff is bad, this doesn't work!" Stop having bad stuff.

I asked Tyler Phillips what has allowed him to have success since the Phillies traded him to the Marlins in March. OnPattison

The Marlins had 87 strikeouts (and a 3.11 ERA) during their 9 games with pitches being called from the dugout. That was their 2nd-highest strikeout total during any 9-game span this season.

Going into play today, the average fastball this postseason was 95.8 mph.

Cam Schlittler velo progression 2022: Sits at 90-91, maxes out at 93 2023: Sits at 90 mph, maxes out at 92. 2024: Sits at 93.5 mph, maxes out at 97 2025: Sits at 98 mph, maxes out at 101 Goes from being an org arm to being the star of a postseason game. Throwing hard matters.

Four-seam FB velocity in the postseason, 2008-2025 baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-st…

Throw Your Hardest Nastiest Shit Middle Middle 🤷‍♂️#VeloMakesEverythingEasier

Quick 🧵 For MLB SPs: Throwing harder is better than throwing softer. Elite movement is great. Elite control is great. But if you study MLB SP success over the past 15 years, it's clear how important velocity is. It's correlated with better results and longevity.

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Seam-shifted wake effect in baseball means a imbalance of seam create difference in airflow on surface and hence an extra movement of pitch, but it can be confusing so I made a visualizer for it 🧵 1/n en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam-shif…

New video on a Miami Marlins farm system trending up: -- Thomas White: No. 1 starter? -- Projecting Robby Snelling -- How well did Miami do in the ’25 draft? -- Latin American pitching pipeline -- Overall state of the system Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=_NwUpi…

This is THE mindset. Jimmy Iovine nails it 🔥 the great ones throw on the horse blinders and SPRINT. No looking left. No looking right. No comparing. No noise. Just locked-in, obsessed focus on the mission right in front of us. Do the weird. Do the innovative. Push boundaries.

2025 — The Year of “GO” This year taught me something simple, uncomfortable, and life-changing: When you’re standing in uncertainty… when confidence is gone… when the light feels comfortable turn around, face the darkness, and GO. Seriously. Just GO. In 2025, I lived in a

Yep! baseballamerica.com/stories/marlin…

Players and Parents - This is 🔥 Straight Lines Ep. 12 - Bill Hezel: Building Winners On and Off the Field youtu.be/MlOuuwYSViA?si… via YouTube

CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT & GO Gas Camp 2026 #marlins #pitching

Yes he is - Mentally and Physically

Gas Camp 2026 Average Gets Average THIS AINT AVERAGE #marlins #pitching

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