Gunner Leger Back on Board

[MelRock]

Go look up Vanderbilt and what they have for their pitching resources and why so many pitchers are going there to play.

[Boomer]

Go look up Vanderbilt and what they have for their pitching resources and why so many pitchers are going there to play.

------Yea bet daddy is happy to get the son back in the department----now family get togethers will be all athletics!!!! fun!!!

[campo118]

I’ll piggy back off some previous posts… Wake Forest has a pitching analytics staff (they call it the pitching lab) that consists of about 30 individuals. We will never have to resources to hire 30 assistants, but it seems we are trying to add some resources to the staff in the same capacity. I love this move.

[Cajun90]

Analytics.....ask Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics, and the Boston Red Sox if they matter. Scouts hate it because it makes them justify how they "feel" or "project" someone.

Analytics can't make a player or team but they can squeeze every single ounce of performance out of both players and teams if utilized correctly. Baseball has always been about the numbers. Those who are best at it today have figured out how to dig much deeper than RBI, ERA, Slugging, etc....

[raoul]

Analytics?——-see”Moneyball”!

[CajunRage]

Not to side track. Analytics are a valuable tool and greatly improve overall performance. When it's the bottom of the 9th and you need a run (or an out), strictly going on analytics is not always ideal. For example, analytics say bunting a runner over doesn't produce runs as often. But they do put more pressure when that pitcher is looking at a runner on third. They may also say bring in the lefty for a LHvLH matchup when your RH pitcher is zoned in. I like the combination of the two that this will likely lead to. I'm already ready for next season. LFG!

[CajunEXPRESS]

CWS interviewed Dr. Kristen Nicholson of Wake Forest about their pitching lab, and health issues.

[MelRock]

CWS interviewed Dr. Kristen Nicholson of Wake Forest about their pitching lab, and health issues.

Great interview and insight.

[MountainDew]

I’ll piggy back off some previous posts… Wake Forest has a pitching analytics staff (they call it the pitching lab) that consists of about 30 individuals. We will never have to resources to hire 30 assistants, but it seems we are trying to add some resources to the staff in the same capacity. I love this move.

30 people just for pitching analytics for a college baseball program? I’m sorry but college athletics has gotten silly.

[sportsfanatic21]

30 people just for pitching analytics for a college baseball program? I’m sorry but college athletics has gotten silly.

The director is a Dr. of Biomechanics that is employed by Wake Forest Baptist hospital, and “the pitching lab” is a partnership with the university. Also, the lab isn’t exclusive to Wake Forest U players.

That said, according to their website, the staff is 7 people, with the team’s pitching coach, athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach and team doctor being 4 of the 7.

So basically it’s 3 people that aren’t typically involved with any other team, and they are employees of the hospital.

[CajunVic]

Unbelievable what is found out when THE Facts come out as opposed to made up facts driven by agenda . . .

[Turbine]

Unbelievable what is found out when THE Facts come out as opposed to made up facts driven by agenda . . .

No need to attack MountainDew like that. What agenda?

You are witnessing how we learn things.

You could sit in a dark closet and never learn anything.

Or you can comment on known facts that prompt us to dig deeper.

In the end we are all more knowledgsble for the process.

Thanks sportsfanatic21. Good info.

I learned something.