On this episode of The Hitting Zone, Mitch Thomas is joined by Brian French to ask the question every baseball player and coach should be thinking about — “What the Fluff?!?”

Baseball today is full of “sexy stats” and highlight-reel numbers — but what’s real, and what’s just noise? Mitch and Brian cut through the flash to find the substance:

⚾ Where are the failures in the game of failure?
⚾ What truly drives development and performance?
⚾ How do players get better when the focus shifts from hype to hard work?

It’s an honest, no-nonsense look at the state of the game — and a reminder that failure, reflection, and growth are what baseball has always been about.

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