Kent Emanuel

Ballplayer

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

A *long overdue* rule change has been made in regards to DHCMT M3/M4 metabolite testing. No more wrongful suspensions! https://t.co/ZowgfxYWw1

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

The most disingenuous sport strikes again

[ESPN @espn]

THE 12-TEAM CFP BRACKET IS SET‼️

Did your team make the cut? 🤔

@CFBPlayoff

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

📈

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

@JeremyIKaufman They have since raised the top of the zone from 51% of the hitter’s height to 53.5%.. I believe that has been the only adjustment made since that thread

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

@MLBONFOX The top of the zone has been adjusted some since 2023, but these same issues will arise ⬇️

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

All-star break thoughts: the 2023 automated strike zone (ABS) in AAA is a much bigger deal than people realize in terms of how it’s negatively affected pitching. Thread below

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

With that being said, I agree with Chris in that pitch design is the “lowest hanging fruit” for many in terms of time investment needed to make beneficial changes

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

Random side note: MLB vets using Spring Training as just training is an earned privilege that does not apply to most. ST for many nowadays is about battling for a roster spot. Balancing development vs. performance in ST is often an overlooked challenge for non-established players

[Chris Langin @LanginTots13]

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Pitch design doesn’t take as long as you think to get results.

Most athletes don’t even start new phases until a few weeks before report date. MLB vets? They know spring training is exactly that—training. 🧵

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

A personal example, in ‘21 the Stros were pushing me to try out a cutter in ST games. We felt it would be beneficial to my repertoire long term. Ultimately, I refused bc I was pitching well and I wasn’t willing to risk a performance lull that may result in not making the team

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

Merry Christmas! Here’s to Santa bringing +4mph on the fastball this year

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

Chapel Bill!!

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Chapel Bill: six-time Super-Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach at North Carolina, sources tell me, @PeteThamel and @ClowESPN.

Belichick is going back to school, to where his father served as an assistant coach in the 1950s.

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

PULL THE TRIGGER TAR HEELS

[Ollie Connolly @OllieConnolly]

Update: Belichick has agreed to become the next UNC coach. Belichick handed the school a 400 page “organizational bible” with structure, payment plans, staffing choices etc. decisions on whether to commit with UNC. He is expected to know their decision within 24 hours

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

https://t.co/xjvngp81K2

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

What I believe to be the worst part of pitching: how inherently dangerous it is to an arm.

So much can feel out of a one’s control. It can feel unfair when one gets hurt despite doing all the right things.

That or one feels forced to work in a risky manner to get/keep a job

[Jon Roegele @MLBPlayerAnalys]

On the 50th anniversary of the original Tommy John surgery on Tommy John himself, a list of 1247 MLB players who have had Tommy John surgery

[Carolina Baseball @DiamondHeels]

Congratulations Coach Fox‼️

✔️ 37 years
✔️ 1,487 wins
✔️ College Baseball Hall of Fame

#GoHeels

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

Listen, I would smoke both Trump and Biden in golf.

[Carolina Baseball @DiamondHeels]

Carolina Baseball belongs in Omaha.

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

Congratulations, Tar Heels!

Job’s not finished!

[Carolina Baseball @DiamondHeels]

THE TAR HEELS ARE GOING TO OMAHA!!!

#GoHeels x #RoadToOmaha

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

It is Chapel Thrill.

Keep it rolling @DiamondHeels!

[ACC Network @accnetwork]

Might as well call it Chapel Thrill at this point 😅

@DiamondHeels

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

@TheFarnum @GoStros1 I’ve been in those shoes. Between 2017 and 2018 - pulling down weighted balls 2-3x times a week just to try and regain stuff that I lost from TJ. Felt that I needed to make improvements to stuff, or get cut. Saved my career, but paid the price that summer with impingement

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

What I believe to be the worst part of pitching: how inherently dangerous it is to an arm.

So much can feel out of a one’s control. It can feel unfair when one gets hurt despite doing all the right things.

That or one feels forced to work in a risky manner to get/keep a job

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Within one week’s time, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez have needed Tommy John surgery and Spencer Strider has serious elbow concerns. Gerrit Cole is out until at least June with elbow issues, too.

Pitching is a brutal business.

[Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel]

@JahIckory Not sure what you’re referring to exactly