Jake and Mark sit down with Matt Riebesell (@riebs9), Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Franklin & Marshall. Matt has been a coach at the D1 to D3 levels during his coaching career. We discuss the utilization of data at the NCAA level and focus on key attributes that Matt looks for as a recruiter.

(0:00) Intro

(2:23) Matt’s Career Path

(6:50) Evolution of Data in College Baseball

(10:58) Making Decisions with Minimal Data

(13:02) Recruiting Catchers

(17:58) Offense vs. Defense

(24:12) Velocity vs. Movement in Recruiting and Coaching

(27:52) Discrepancies in Data Usage Across D1/D2/D3

(30:34) How to Be More Recruitable