Axcess Baseball's Podcast

On this episode, we are joined by former Phillies minor leagu RHP Matt Soren. He is a Roslyn grad, who pitched four years at the University of Delaware. He went on to pitch three affiliated minor league seasons before playing in Australia and South Africa. He currently gives pitching lessons and works as an advanced scout for Prep Baseball Report-NY. He is also running an equipment drive to donate to the less fortunate in South Africa. Please consider donating your lightly-used equipment. You can follow him on Instagram @matt_soren36 and @prodiamondtraining where he works with former SHNY standout Zach Goldstein

On this episode, we are filming from Infiniti Sports Performance in Farmingdale, NY with co-owner Russ Taveras & trainer Jarad Vollkommer. We discussed what pitchers should do following their outings, which of their athletes experience the biggest gains this offseason, how Ben Brown became a monster, the time Marcus Stroman worked out until 11pm and came back in the morning before they opened, and which of their athletes will make the big leagues next!

On this episode, we are joined by 12-year MLB veteran Neal Heaton who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1979 draft out of Sachem HS and has his number retired by the University of Miami. We discuss the upcoming high school season which begins next week. We also discuss who has the advantage when playing in the cold, his time pitching in Miami and also who he thinks will win the NL East

On this episode, we are filming from Hit Quarters in Hicksville, NY with owner Anthony Brites and instructor Christian Faust. We spoke about Christian's playing career which began at St. Anthony's and led him to the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Catawba Community College and ultimately SUNY Old Westbury where he helped lead the Panthers to the 2015 Skyline Conference Championship. He is now an instructor at Hit Quarters with Anthony, where they use video to analyze swings and help young hitters improve. We discussed their philosophies on hitting, why they rely on high repetition and high velocity training and their take on the trends of hitting instruction at the upper levels.

On this episode, we are recording from Infiniti Sports Performance with Bayport-Blue Point Head Coach Jim Moccio. He has won 4 Long Island Championships and two New York State Championships as the Head Coach. That is not including his one-year stint as Assistant Coach at Longwood in 1998 when they went from 9-9 to the State Championship. We spoke in depth about that season, also their back-to-back State Championships in 2013-'14 and everything that came along with it. We also previewed the 2019 season.

On this episode, we are recording live from East Coast S & P. We are discussing their brand new facility which integrates a data-driven approach to pitching and hitting. Matt Vogel, a two-time MLB Draft pick out of Pat-Med and the University of South Carolina discusses his playing career, the transition from Long Island to the SEC, how South Carolina used analytics to incorporate into their pitching staff and also how he uses devices like Rapsodo to learn and improve. Warren discusses what motivated him to open his own facility and how they've carved a niche with professional pitchers and how Tyler uses the data to then help pitchers gain flexibility and improve. 

On this episode, we are filming from Commack HS with Head Coach Bryan Bonin and Tim McHugh. We discuss how Bonin was able to step into the job in February and deliver the long-awaited county championship in his first year, their pitching staff which featured 5 scholarship arms. We also discuss the impact players they are returning in 2019 including McHugh, catcher Drew Silverman and Boston College-commit Jake Krzemienski. McHugh tells us about getting recruited by TCU as a sophomore, the example set by the seniors when he was a sophomore, how his life has changed with the 2019 Draft coming up and his huge grand slam against Connetquot last year.

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On this episode, we are joined by Pat-Med Head Coach Anthony Frascogna. We discussed his playing at Pat-Med in the mid 1980s and playing at James Madison University. He also discussed coaching Marcus Stroman in baseball and football and the issues it caused with the older players when he was called up as a 9th grader. He spoke about their historic pitching staff in 2008, their star-studded team in 2015 featuring players like the Malm brothers, Richie Ciufo, Matt Codispoti and Ron Linsalato. He spoke about their 2017 upset on the road against Hills East in the playoffs and their prospects for 2019. He also discussed a major change that almost occurred state wide for this season that was thwarted at the last minute.