Chris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74
Description
Episode 74 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With guest: Chris Langin
This one's jam packed and Langin's sports comm'n degree shines through again in his smooth, sanguine spiels ;)
We talk the science of pitch design, training big leaguers, pitch calling in college and just how much of a sports gambling degen Langin is. Oh and if you're an athlete that trained with Langin you might get lucky and make it in the 10 shoutouts he gives out in this episode!
Timestamps: 0:00 Intros
5:54 La(o)st Langin Episodes Recap
8:15 Langin's Improvement as Pitch Design Specialist
11:50 Being able to throw sweeper without losing too much velo
15:38 Thoughts on gyro slider
18:45 Platoon splits in PD
19:50 Different amount of data prep per player
21:38 Sequencing during PD
23:38 Coaches v player calling pitches in college
29:55 Langin's 2nd beer
31:00 College Catchers and Pitch Calling
33:50 Advanced Reports in College
37:28 Driveline's Last Pro Offseason
41:06 Langin's focus pre College Summer
44:10 Importance of Data Viz + Athlete Meetings
52:00 Langin's shoutouts
58:00 Langin's approach on command work
1:02:15 Easy ways to incorporate command work
1:07:30 Sports Gambling degen talk
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
Chris Langin: https://twitter.com/LanginTots13
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