Students of the Game

This episode of the SOTG Podcast features professional pitcher and SOTG Vice President Jonathan de Marte. In our discussion, we cover a variety of topics focused mainly on his second season of professional baseball and his time spent in the prestigious Atlantic League. We also talk about the metrics Jonathan looks at, what the future holds for him and more!

SOTG Podcast 3 is an introduction to baseball analytics. In this episode, Matthew goes into detail on some of the basic principles that govern Sabermetrics, and he describes the process of why advanced metrics are better at evaluating performance than traditional statistics!

In this episode, SOTG President Matthew is joined by Ethan Moore, a Trackman Intern and aspiring baseball analyst, as they discuss everything that happened in this year’s trade deadline. Listen to find out who they believe the winners, losers, and who their favorite trades of the deadline are!

In the first official SOTG podcast, President Matthew de Marte and Throwing Specialist Pete Bayer talk about what it means to be an analytically minded player. We discuss our processes for evaluating ourselves, what numbers we look at, why we think it gives us a better perspective and more! Welcome to the SOTG podcast, we are excited to bring more content to you!

Jason Hirsh is a former MLB pitcher for the Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies. Since his playing career has ended, Jason has founded FAST (Function Arm Strength and Training) arm care and is the owner and lead instructor at the facility. FAST is one of the only data-driven development facilities in Colorado. We spoke to Jason about that, his philosophies on development for kids growing up, and the warm-up and recovery methods he uses at FAST, among other topics!

We talked with Billy Horn, the Bench Manager of the Normal CornBelters, about the independent ball experience. He gave us insight on what it is like to coach in the Frontier League, one of the premier independent leagues in the nation.

We sat down with Kagen Hopkins and talked about the Delivery Value System (DVS) and how it has impacted his performance as a pitcher.

Students of the Game interviewed three time All-Star Sean Casey at the MLB Network Studios. Check out what "The Mayor" has to say about his experiences in the majors, what it's like to work at MLB Network, and what he thinks about the changing dynamic of baseball.

Strength and Movement Specialist Andrew Lysy sat down with Students of the Game to discuss the ever-evolving weight training methods within baseball. He covers topics like training for high school and college-level players, the importance of maintaining pristine physical condition, and how strength and movement training methods translate over to improved performance on the diamond.