The Baseball Development Hub Podcast

Why the Rays Kick Junior Caminero Out of the Cage at 100 MPH

Trevor responds to the Rays hitting coach's viral radio clip about kicking Junior Caminero out of the cage when he hits a ball over 100 mph. The takes online split into two camps — "stupid old-school strategy" vs. "finally somebody trashing exit velocity." Caminero needs to think slow down. Schwarber needs to think oppo gap. Different problems. Same framework. Real vs. feel.Topics:Why kicking a hitter out at 100 mph is more about bat speed intent than exit velocityCaminero's 21st-percentile squared-up rate and what it tells you about usable bat speedThe wild-horse hitter problem — and why athleticism masks it until it doesn'tKyle Schwarber's real-vs-feel framework with Chris YoungWhy the league leader in pull-air% trains himself to hit the ball to centerThe Christian Yelich blueprint vs. the Caminero/Schwarber blueprintData points referenced:Caminero: 79.8 mph avg bat speed (99th %tile), 116.9 max EV, 21st %tile squared-up%, 4th %tile launch-angle sweet spot, .535 SLG, 12 HRSchwarber: 32.5% whiff (13th %tile), 31.7% K (7th %tile), 32.7% pull-air%, 15% BB (90th %tile), 20 HR (MLB lead), pace for 65

Why One Elite Pitch Isn't Enough Anymore | The Multi-Fastball Era in MLB

The single-elite-pitch era is closing out. Hitters caught up. Flatter swings, simpler load patterns, machine prep against any movement profile, and the discipline to ride out their front side mean a 70-grade four-seamer alone doesn't survive third time through the order anymore. The new edge is repertoire.Trevor and Dan break down why pitching development has shifted toward stacking multiple fastballs at the same velocity. Zach Wheeler throws three. Paul Skenes throws three. Cam Schlittler, Peyton Tolle, Davis Martin, Christopher Sanchez — all riding multi-fastball mixes that defeat the single-pitch sit. The conversation moves through tunneling, weak contact and stolen strikes as the new market inefficiencies, why Stuff+ models miss repertoire interaction, and Corbin Burns as the canonical case study where a "below-average" sinker existed to make a 120-grade cutter play. Chapters 00:00 — Open / Mother's Day intro 01:53 — The multi-fastball trend: Soriano, Schlittler, Joe Ryan, Peyton Tolle 02:22 — The Zach Wheeler model: why hitters caught up, and the Trajekt machine 03:58 — Mizorowski as the velocity outlier 04:58 — Christopher Sanchez: when even an elite pitch starts getting hunted 07:22 — Corbin Burns: cutter as the engine, sinker as the steal 12:46 — The two missed market inefficiencies: weak contact and stolen strikes 16:48 — Peyton Tolley: adding a C-grade sinker to make a 70-grade four-seamer play 21:54 — Davis Martin: 60% fastball, three variations, nothing graded above average, sub-2 ERA 23:19 — Joey Volcheck and Georgia: the trend reaching college baseball 24:40 — IPitch / Trajekt: how hitter prep changed the math 32:17 — Multi-fastball relievers: Vodnik, Mejia, Perkins 41:22 — The Stuff+ blind spot: how do you grade repertoire interaction? 51:00 — Closing thoughts

Why Spending Money Doesn't Win Baseball Games | Baseball Development Hub Podcast

Trevor Powers and Dan Galati on a Sunday-afternoon recap that turned into a full-length argument about how MLB organizations actually win — and why money keeps failing to fix the teams that don't.The conversation runs through the recent manager firings (Rob Thompson, Alex Cora), the Dodgers-vs-everyone organizational alignment thesis, the Yankees' draft pattern that produces big-league pitchers from rounds 6–20, and the 20-darts theory of drafting that the smart orgs all share.00:00 — Intro 01:50 — Ravik Spin Command callback 05:09 — Manager firings: Rob Thompson, Alex Cora, Carlos Mendoza 13:49 — How important is a manager really? 22:30 — The alignment thesis: Dodgers vs the field 35:30 — Yankees' draft + development pattern 44:00 — Schlittler, Will Warren, Ben Rice — the round 6–20 pipeline 47:00 — Bryce Rainer vs Konnor Griffin 48:49 — Orioles' identity-driven hitter cloning 50:18 — Phillies pitching success vs hitting struggles 52:00 — The 20-darts draft philosophy 55:00 — Random late-round all-stars (Roman Anthony, Cal Raleigh, Jose Ramirez) 59:38 — Outro#bsgb #bdhpodcast #mlb #playerdevelopment #managerfirings #dodgers #yankees #draft

The Baseball that is REVOLUTIONIZING Pitcher Development

Dan and Trevor sit down with the creator of Ravik Spin Command Baseballs.

The app that could change baseball FOREVER

Trevor sits down Eli Robles and Dante Girardi from SportFX to break down their motion capture software that is used to develop athletes, especially baseball players.