For the first time ... Baseball America is measuring performance based on underlying metrics via the Hawkeye data gathered across the minor leagues.
Which organizations rank the highest based on Statcast data?
While my time with the MLB team did not go as planned, Player Development should be proud of what they have accomplished over the years. It takes special dedication by both the players and coaches (scouts, analysts, and more!) to achieve such outstanding results.
Added 20 pounds since being drafted in 2019. Took over 20,000 swings during the shutdown. Kept up the work throughout the season.
Process feeds results. And these results are undeniable.
Congratulations,
@Volpe_Anthony
! This is well deserved!
Just a friendly Sunday reminder that Mass = Mash (and not just Mass = Gas).
*Excerpt takes from “Baseball Sports Medicine”, an excellent read for anyone involved in supporting baseball players.
Anyone who knows anything about
@RacersBaseball
and
@MizzouBaseball
practices knows that this is no accident. Be uncompromising when it comes to getting your pitch to hit. If they don’t throw it, you don’t swing.
#RuleNumber1
Leaving Dallas after a fun weekend with friends at another ABCA convention. This event continues to get bigger and better each year! Unbelievable work,
@ABCA1945
!
Thank you,
@CoachSheets3
, for allowing me to join an all-star group of coaches on stage.
See everyone in Nashville!
Mizzou leads the nation in walks, but it’s not just about drawing walks. It’s about scoring runs, and Mizzou is Top 10 in the nation at doing that.
#TrainItAndTheyWillCome
To put
@MizzouBaseball
's national-best 146 walks into perspective:
#Mizzou
averaged 192 walks per season in the four years prior to Bieser's arrival. The Tigers are on pace to hit that 192-walk mark in game 30 of 56 this season.
1) Comparing the improvements Yankees’ MiLB hitters made from the end of 2018 through 2021, the Yankees’ players were 1st in improving walk rate, 2nd in improving contact quality, and 3rd in strikeout rate.
Being a hitting coach is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to who you are. Most of all, you are a badass. You are not only an inspiration to other women — you are an example for us all. Congratulations.
Congrats to our very own Rachel Balkovec (
@_rachelbalkovec
) on her selection to be a coach in this years Futures Game! Rachel continues to break down barriers and adds yet another impressive accolade to her resume.
#Elevate
#ElevateMediaSports
#GrowYourBrand
4) In 2022, the Yankees’ MiLB hitters improved their overall swing decisions from 6th best to 1st, all while having the highest contact quality in the minor leagues.
Bonus: In 2021, the Yankees finished with the 5th highest organizational winning percentage in MiLB history. Since then, they have the 2nd highest average winning percentage among all minor league organizations resulting in 7 divisional championships and 2 league championships.
2) In 2018, the Yankees’ minor league offenses ranked 15th in runs per game. At the end of 2019, the Yankees’ farm teams scored more runs than any other organization and ranked 1st in runs per game.
I hate that Glant isn’t on our team anymore. But I am thankful that
@JeffMercer54
hired him and we don’t have to face Glant’s pitchers! Glant is the best. Watch out for
@IndianaBase
.
SCOOP:
@IndianaBase
has hired Dustin Glant as its pitching coach, sources tell
@d1baseball
. Glant has spent the last couple of years as the
@Yankees
AAA pitching coach, and was with
@BallStateBB
for three seasons before that. Seems like a strong hire for the
#Hoosiers
.
So
#SlugFest
happened this weekend.
What a great event that allowed us all to meet and learn from so many new people, while also hang out with old friends!
I’m amazed at how long my list of things to be thankful for is getting.
💥The Yankees MiLB system is
#1
in scoring after the first two weeks!💥
Of course it’s early and things can change, but this group of players and coaches works really hard and smart. I am so excited to see their off-season efforts being rewarded.
#HitStrikesHard
#DevelopAndWin
We're two weeks into the MiLB season.
@jjcoop36
examined how every organization is performing top to bottom.
The clubs with the best overall winning percentage?
1. Mariners
2. Indians
3. Yankees
...
28. Cardinals
29. Mets
30. Nationals
"If we want to really get better at getting better, we have to do more to prepare the athlete so they can practice at a higher intensity level." -
@CoachGambetta
on this week's GAINcast.
There isn’t another person on the planet that is a better fit for
@RiceBaseball
than
@Pat_Hallmark
. He makes players better. He made me better. He’ll win a national championship there.
Wayne Graham says there's no better candidate to replace him with
@RiceBaseball
than Incarnate Word (San Antonio) Coach Pat Hallmark, who was an assistant for 11 years at Rice.
When your caught doing something you should be doing. Visualization should be part of everyone’s routine. Maximize your time when you are not throwing. Difference btw ordinary and extraordinary is the “extra”. Didn’t even get chapped about being on the tarp 😀
#onCamera
I wanted to coach Migs when he was a player, but I’m much more thankful that I get to coach *with* Migs. He’s one of the best hitting coaches in the game.
@Stitch_Head
Don't sleep on
@MSUEaglesBsball
.
@MikeMcGuire30
has done a tremendous job there with limited resources. Multiple wins over power conference schools, among the nation's offensive leaders each year & a legit All-American returning!
#EagleEmpire
Enjoy this clip of
@Yankees
prospect, Hayden Wesneski (
@HWEZ02
) taking souls with his 94-97mph sinker as well as his slider, cutter and changeup.
#DSTfamily
Here are the minor league weighted runs above average leaders for the month of June, according to
@BaseballAmerica
data.
Every batter with 10 wRAA or more.
It started with Jared Serna and ended with Anthony Garcia.
In between there, we hit 21 other home runs today.
From the DR to AAA, at least one was hit at each level, and at least four were hit per game High A down.
#23Total
#HSH
It’s not an accident.
“Everyone never gave him credit for the work ethic he had and the amount of time he put into his craft, into his body — after practice, before practice, in the weight room...”
How has James stayed at the top of the league longer than any of his peers?
It’s a combination of three distinct factors — an ever-evolving skill set, a devotion to his health and fitness and an ever-expanding mind,
@DanWoikeSports
writes.
Don’t usually do this on Twitter, but I’m very proud of my wife.
For all of you that are terrible at buying your wife, girlfriend, mother, and sister presents, check out her online store at .
You can thank me later.
“Two of the main focuses of the spring were trying to be more disciplined this year and pick out better pitches to hit,” Ruta said. “Because I can make contact with a lot of pitches, I am trying to put the strikes in play harder...”
Tarpons set a single-season team HR record for most homeruns (by a
#Yankees
Tampa Affiliate 1994-2021) breaking the 1998 Tampa Yankees record of 125!
Last night, Cooper Bowman's homerun in the eighth, marked the
#Tarpons
126th homerun this season! 🙌
#MiLB