• Million Dollar Arm 2.0 – Part 2 (Testing for Mobility and Phyiscal Abilites)

    In case you missed it, here is a link to part 1, where I explain why we might want to look for pitcher’s outside of the baseball world. Part 1 also looked at the antropometric assessment that I think would be valuble. Mobility Some of the hardest throwers in the world use extreme ranges of…

  • Million Dollar Arm 2.0 – Scouting Pitchers Outside of the Baseball World

    The movie “Million Dollar Arm” was a feel-good story centered around a sports agent trying to find pitching talent in a country where baseball is barely played at all in an attempt to find “a diamond in the rough”.  While watching, I couldn’t help but devise a set of tests and assessments that could have…

  • Bigger Arms = Bigger Velocity?!?!?!

    Bigger biceps and triceps can increase throwing velocity!!!! If this isn’t a headline that grabs the attention of every young baseball player then I don’t what would.  This isn’t even an attempt to create some clickbait on my end either.  There’s some peer-reviewed research that suggests that bigger arms, bi’s and tri’s, can help improve…

  • Pitcher’s in the NL West -Average Joes

    Arizona Diamondbacks Bryce Jarvis is a great example of the average D-Backs pitcher at 6’2″ and 195 lbs Colorado Rockies Justin Lawerance at 6’3″ and 213 lbs is right in the middle of this tightly packed cluster of pitchers. Los Angeles Dodgers Ryan Pepiot is 6’3″ and 215 lbs. Just slightly heavier and taller than…

  • Shapes & Sizes: NL Central Average Joes

    With the season winding down to a close I wanted to cover the last couple of divisions in this series. Let’s take a look at the “average looking” guys on each staff. Chicago Cubs Here’s a scatter plot of their 40-man roster pitching staff Somewhere in the middle of this graph, you will find a…