Driveline, Prospects, and Mound Tossups with the Pitching Ninja
Rob Friedman, better known as the Pitching Ninja on Twitter, joins the podcast to discuss all things pitching with Derek VanRiper and Michael Beller. The guys discuss the explosion of technology for pitchers, this year's most exciting prospects, and a little game of Either/Or featuring battles between two closely ranked pitchers.
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Show Notes
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1:06 The Birth of @PitchingNinja
2:56 The Explosion of Tech-Based Learning for Pitchers
4:30 Command vs. Stuff
6:25 Increased Velocity this Spring
7:43 Organizations That Have Embraced Driveline
11:56 Who's Throwing the Pitch to Win You the World Series?
13:06 Prospects Rob is Excited for in 2020
14:50 Most GIF'd Pitchers Flying Below the Radar
16:03 Luis Castillo's GIF-Ability, and the Reds' Potentially Nasty Staff
20:13 2020 Tossups, Starting with Gerrit Cole vs. Jacob deGrom
21:38 Lucas Giolito vs. Chris Paddack
23:06 Zac Gallen vs. Dinelson Lamet
24:40 Jesus Luzardo vs. Julio Urias
25:10 Luke Weaver vs. Lance McCullers
27:24 Mike Foltynewicz vs. Joe Musgrove
29:37 Michael Kopech vs. Dylan Cease
31:30 A New Podcast Coming from Rob
35:36 Inspiring Love for Baseball
37:52 The Flatground App
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Follow Derek on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper
Follow Michael on Twitter: @MBeller
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