Added more variability using all the training bats off the iPitch. Players had to adapt and solve problems on the fly while still meeting their EV thresholds to earn points. The weighted bats create challenges, but the goal always stays the same - quality contact.

Bat Speed Day Competition 🚀 EV and LA constraint: Need to be 98mph between 26°-30° to be considered a barrel. With different LA windows for harder EVs on the left. Goal is to hit the ball hard in a LA window that does damage. Barrels play❗️ Eric Rataczak took the W today

Best shots from the Tampa Driveline Baseball MiLB crew today! Follow the 🧵

Once again, Home Runs are good. Stats below are from this year's playoffs so far

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Swing Design with Zach Simmons ✞ Driveline Baseball

Not sure what to work on? Flip the script. If you were a pitcher, how would you attack you? Go thru different scenarios. This will usually reveals holes in your approach, swing path, or physical qualities. Do you struggle with velo, spin, angles, or location?

How do catchers steal strikes? Hitting Trainer Zach Simmons ✞ explains Statcast’s catcher stance mechanics metric.

One of the more chaotic aspects of player development comes in potential "side effects" of making a change. This is easily understood through something like bulking ("congrats on gaining muscle but now you're fat"), but is prevalent in mechanical adjustments as well.

PR after PR 💪 Jose Caballero's been on a tear with High Performance Coordinator Brice Crider, taking his strength to new heights.

Big time exit velocity from Clayton Campbell on the smash factor balls as he works with Travis Fitta

This was a fun session with Clayton. Pulling the ball in the air is a perishable skill. And it needs to be trained. Clayton rose to the occasion. Evident by these absolute missiles below 👇⚡️

10/20/2025 - 📍Driveline Baseball Tampa PR and Launchpad Leaderboard update. We’ve seen hundreds of athletes this past year at Driveline Tampa come in and asses, train and retest. The athletes putting in the hardest work tend to see the best results! And they live here forever!

30mph soft toss is electric toss lol. The point stands though. You need to train in difficult settings. You need to build your tools and stress test that all at the same time. You can’t hope and pray what you did all offseason worked. You have to battle test it. Kyle Boddy

Jungle or zoo? I think I know the answer.

From early success with the Nationals to the Yankees' playoff run, Amed Rosario had a wild 2025. Hitting Coordinator Travis Fitta breaks down the work that made it happen 💪

George Springer and the Toronto Blue Jays are swinging their bats faster than ever, but what does that mean for their chances in the World Series? Travis Fitta of Driveline Baseball joined us today to break it all down.

Teammates, roommates, and co-directors all Kalamazoo College Baseball - now we’re finally coworkers! Zach was inevitably going to work in MLB because he's just that good, but it's extra cool that we get to do this thing together again because he's also a truly exceptional human.

What a ride! Absolutely crushed his opportunity here at Driveline Baseball! Zach Simmons ✞ is going to build some monsters with the Minnesota Twins! Proud of you brother. You earned it.