“Swinging down” on the ball can actually be a really good cue for high acceleration guys. Usually hitters with really high Early Connection values (which creates the “swinging down” feel) tend to have really bad On-Plane Efficiency values since they’re ‘chooping’ their swing

One of my favorite Nassim Nicholas Taleb clips.

Learn about The Big 3 in this video. Why? Red Sox minor leaguers rake. Driveline trained the 1-1 in the 2024 MLB draft, who rakes (Travis Bazzana). John Soteropulos and Jason Ochart were instrumental in developing The Big 3 for Hitting - both with Boston and Driveline.

Joe Tourville (Joe Tourville) on his top metric standouts ⬇️

“The most famous man in baseball … and one of the more gifted baseball minds.” - Shooter Hunt on Blast's very own, Joe Tourville Full @pbr_draftHQ War Room video: blastmotion.biz/3MZvLaq #TeamBlast

I see no lies told here. Joe Tourville is as good as they come.

2024 MLB xWOBA leaders and their average bat speed Good note: This is IN-GAME average bat speed. That's very different from your bat speed vs 50 mph BP fastballs. Its very simple. If you want to be like the most productive hitters at the highest level, you need more speed.

- Bat Speed training - Cleaning up Bat Path - Hone in on Swing-Decisions Red Sox know what they’re doing.

I could watch these videos of Trav Bazzana self-correcting and Andrew Aydt socratic style of coaching all day. They’re like baseball’s own Platonic Dialogues.

FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS My conjecture, expressed on X, that pple w/news in advance don't do well has been tested by Haghani et al. Indeed they failed to really capitalize on information 1) you don't know beforehand what is noise, & 2) overestimate the information (sizing)

Mickey Mantle wasn’t merely ahead of his time — we’re still trying to catch up to him. “I wanted to hit the ball as far as I could every time.”

Impact + Athleticism + Make Up

Hahahah this is one of the best tweets I’ve ever seen.

This Tigers team is so sick.

“May your life not be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love… And light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Christ that you bear in your heart. (And, yes, if needed, have some coffee).” - St. Josemaría Escrivá