Tucker Frawley
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@Mets Player Development | Director of Defense, Baserunning, & Gameplay | #WAYS
Joined September 2015
So many coaching parallels here… “Teach to the problem instead of teaching to the tools.”
.@elonmusk explains that the best way to teach kids is to help them learn and remember principles and concepts:
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@TewksHitting Ask hitters which of these variables feels most unfamiliar to them the first week of the season compared to their off-season training: • Velocity • Distance • Unpredictability of pitch shape • Unpredictability of location • Consequence #breadcrumbs
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What’s a “good miss” for you? What’s a “bad miss” for you? Are you commending yourself for that “good miss” as much as success itself, especially in the practice environment?
I once heard a great Ichiro story from his first Spring Training in the states. He kept getting jammed and flaring balls the other way. Pinella was loudly voicing his opinion that Ichiro couldn’t hit the fastball in the dugout, assuming he didn’t understand English. Next at bat, Ichiro launches a homer to RF and comes back to the dugout and says in crystal clear English, “Can I go back to getting ready for the season now?” What a legend. Congrats on the HOF
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Loved Bob Ueker. Love this movie. HATE how Willy Mays Hayes and Jake Taylor hit the bags…
The magic of Major League doesn’t exist without Bob Uecker. His commentary was perfect and no other voice could have filled that role. A legendary commentator whose voice will be missed forever. Rest easy Bob.
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Thought: Maybe there’s some merit to “situational rounds” beyond giving up an out for a 90. They train the ability to hunt a zone in the name of getting the barrel to the top, bottom, inside, and/or outside of the ball. Similar game as hammering carry, cut, sink, depth, or sweep
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Challenge the body & hand’s ability to recognize & adapt to a wide variety of throwing variance, & command will improve. It’s why INFers usually don’t have trouble throwing strikes when asked to take the mound. They’re used to throwing from a wide range of gears, slots, & grips.
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Well deserved to say the least. Congrats @jzoll36
Derek Falvey will be elevated to President, Baseball and Business Operations as Dave St. Peter will transition to a Strategic Advisor. Additionally, Jeremy Zoll has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Manager.
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@TewksHitting Create the need for a good swing-decision that takes pitch shape and unpredictable location into account. Game plan for/ identify the window(s) to hunt vs. where to concede relative to the pitcher’s repertoire. (Ideally done with game-like velo but certainly doesn’t have to be)
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Want to impress? Acknowledge the entire spectrum of performance issues within your space, how you’ve attacked each of them, and ultimately improved them. Want a debate? Limit yourself to identifying/solving only one performance issue and/or attributing all issues to one variable
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Yes the correlation is low but context is key IMO. SS speed is important, but only as good as how quickly you can get out of the blocks and your ability to catch/throw accurately. The play window is larger in the OF w/ less to do post-catch. Hence the stronger correlation to OAA.
Sprint speed has no relationship to outs above average at SS, but it has a strong relationship with CF defensive value
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