Driveline R&D Podcast

Episode 49 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest, Ethan Moore @Moore_Stats on twitter

Today we talked about how Ethan approached getting his new role in the front office with the Minnesota Twins, how statistics education has helped his baseball analytics projects, his progression of work as a student manager with the baseball team in college, his methods for disseminating information to an audience, and much more. 

Ethan is a very smart guy, has contributed immensely to public baseball research, and is going to do great things in the baseball analytics world, you'll definitely enjoy this one.

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode 48 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest, Deven Morgan @devenmorgan on twitter

This week we talked about the current state of youth baseball, what should be different about training youth athletes vs. trained adult athletes, why the current youth baseball industry is flawed in how they approach winning vs. development, how bio-banding can help solve the problem about differences in physical development rate at the youth level, and much more passionate discussion about helping young athletes get better. Deven is one of the most passionate people at Driveline about making the game of baseball better, and this episode does a good job capturing what he thinks is a good direction for the industry to go in. Enjoy! 

Link to Deven's favorite rap song of all time (on Spotify):

https://open.spotify.com/track/3modItPxv7WPVIuSMLW496?si=e3C0dYZTQzmvZaItPU81lw

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode 47 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!  

With Guest, Barton Smith @NotRealCertain on twitter  

Today we talked about how Barton got interested in the idea of Seam Shifted Wake, the best pitches to take advantage of Seam Shifted Wake, how to measure it without having Hawkeye at your disposal, examples of pitchers who take advantage of the it, determining who should attempt to use it, and much much more about a very interesting topic at the forefront of the Pitch Physics and Pitch Design discussion in baseball right now.   

Link to the hosts' Twitters: 

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  46 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

Today we had (probably) too long of an intro again like the old days, recapped the Christmas open-source twitter account under five thousand followers tournament, talked about count-induced pitch type differences using Yu Darvish as Exhibit A, mentioned a sweet R&D Podcast exclusive deal for training at Driveline TX and Arizona, that's right, we are coming south baby, described some new ways we are looking at the lead leg block before we get force plates installed in the mound, and then finished up with a research article about the effects of crow hopping on arm stress.   It was nice to be back choppin' it up with the co-hosts and talking a little bit about what WE have been up to.

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  45 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest, Rob Hill! @Berticushill on twitter

On Episode 45 of the Driveline R&D podcast we have Rob Hill, Pitching coordinator for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Coordinator of In-gym

development at Driveline

Today we talked about Rob's background getting introduced to Driveline and how he progressed to becoming a coordinator for the dodgers, 

what his season looked like between the alternate site, the big league team, and instructs, what he thinks is most important when it comes

to using new baseball technology, which tech he used the most this year, how the dodgers approach S&C integration with throwing, and much more.

This episode was recorded before Christmas but we brought the energy of a live episode. Rob is a very knowledgeable, very talented, and fun

guy to talk to. You're going to enjoy this one. 

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  44 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest, Eno Sarris! @enosarris on twitter

This week on episode 44 we have guest Eno Sarris, writer for the athletic, baseball analyst, and beer and sandwich professional.  On this episode we had an awesome conversation about the direction of the baseball industry, pitchers using pine tar, some good ways to test rule changes in the MLB, what is next when we arrive upon a solution for player development, getting Hawkeye data into the public research realm, seam shifted wake, and more, believe it or not.

The audio was not functional for the first 10 or so minutes unfortunately so we missed most of the intro, but still a great conversation with a very storied, well connected, smart, and overall fun guy to talk to, Eno Sarris. Enjoy

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  43 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest, David Howell! @dhow_2 on twitter

On this episode, David and the hosts talk about how David got into baseball analytics, some of the differences between professional baseball and college baseball in terms of being an analyst/coach, how he got recognized by professionals in the baseball industry and got his current professional opportunities, and much more. David is a former R&D intern at Driveline Baseball who also has experience being an analyst and coach at LSU Shreveport and now the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Awesome conversation and some very helpful insight for though trying to get into baseball analytics. Enjoy!

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  42 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest Kyle Boddy!

@drivelinebases on twitter

On this episode Kyle talks covers a lot of information and stories between his experiences with Driveline, Poker, and his first year with the Reds. He offers some insight on what college programs can do better, what he thinks is most important in pitch design, the opportunity that the COVID season has provided to some players, the first coach(es) he knows who bought into these progressive methods to player development, and much more. Enjoy a slightly longer episode this week that is jam packed with prime Boddy conversation. 

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  41 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

OG Cast is back! Caravan, Brady, and Lindley talk about some work and life updates, updates to vertical approach angle and spin efficiency models that we use in-house for sabermetric analyses, some jump testing reliability and high performance KPIs, and lastly we review an article that looked into using machine learning for predicting future injuries for both position players and pitchers using public data. Join us on YouTube to catch freshly shaven Caravan put his hair down before he cuts it all off in 2021! Enjoy!

Link to article we are discussing: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7672741/

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Episode  40 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With Guest Max Engelbrekt! 

@maxengelbrekt on twitter

On this episode we talk about Max's playing background, his crazy retirement bet and how he almost won it, his transition from playing baseball to where he is as a project manager for TRAQ, and much more. A close coworker and friend to the hosts, and a very interesting guest. Enjoy!

Link to the hosts' Twitters: 

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_