Adam Farb

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

@alpha_BSB / Free Agent

[Carson Hudack @CarsonHudack]

Had a super fun time at UCSB
87-89 mph 2 IP 2 K 0 H 0 R

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

@sionet1 @CoachBeede Fully funding 34 scholarships among 300+ D1 baseball teams (not even getting to D2) would cost around $450 million per year.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

It's a funny thing when someone or some organization you used to work alongside claims your work as their own. Flattering and frustrating at the same time. Sometimes you have to just laugh at people.

[Shooter Hunt @ShooterHunt]

‘28 Riley Salvemini (CA)

FB: 89-93 (2500+)
SL: 81-84 (2600+)
CH: 83–86 (KS)

6’3” 190 with athletic, uptempo delivery. Feel for 3 including bullet slider & moved FB in and out. Starter upside. Quick arm. N2K
👍

#PBFG26 || @PrepBaseballCA

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

Except in HS baseball, bunting works.

The author acknowledges the flaw in his math in the article. But he dodges the problem by saying it’s impossible to collect correct data. And in a large data set, that’s probably true.

What I can tell you is that in a small sample set (3 years of one HS team’s actual results on bunts), the positive outcomes (hits, errors, etc) massively outweigh the negative outcomes (pop out, double play, lead runner out). And the total slightly tilted the run expectancies towards bunting being a +EV play. Except sac bunting with a runner on 1st and 0 out . That remains a -EV decision even in a generous bubt result environment

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

So a dude who makes his living off of hyperbole on twitter is mad at the clouds because a social media intern at USA Baseball used hyperbole on twitter??!

Whatever man. It was a fun week of baseball. And now we move on to the next thing.

[𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐜𝐡 @LesLukach]

Team of destiny? Cmon, they won a HS summer baseball tournament not the #WorldSeries after being down 3 games to none.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

@MaseHarris_50 @Alpha_BSB @HankLoForte Fantastic week on top of a great year for Mason. He’s improved every aspect of his game and become a complete player. Competed his tail off and balled out on the way to gold this week in the toughest tournament in the nation.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

In life you have two families- the one you’re born to and the one you choose. I’ll ride with this group as long as they can stand me.

❤️ ❤️ 🥇 🇺🇸

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

One of the more fun weeks of baseball in 29 years of coaching. An epic comeback in extras in the semis; a world class performance in the Gold Medal game but more than that…

[USA Baseball Events @USABaseEvents]

TEAM OF DESTINY 🥇

Alpha Prime 2028 capped off their undefeated run at 16U Champs NC with a 10-2 run-rule victory!

#ChampsNC26

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

This group bought into to the way we thought it should work- played for each other, and kept throwing punches when we needed it.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

And you’re right that winning those ‘big’ events… doesn’t really matter. It’s two nice tweets then no one cares.

Maybe you’ll win, maybe you won’t…but doing what you think is right for the players is always a good thing.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

Well said. A confession: As the world has gotten more and more transactional it does sometimes feel harder to not give in to cynicism and to avoid getting sucked into a win or you fail mindset. I’m guilty of it too.

[Matt Gerber @M_Gerber17]

Want your players to actually develop this summer?

Stop shielding them from failure in games.

The two biggest keys? Working through failure + massive repetition.

I’ve won some of the biggest tournaments on the circuit as a coach and org owner… and nobody remembers (or cares).

There’s a delicate balance between learning to win and sacrificing development. Our system rewards winning way too early.

Kids need room to get jammed while learning to let the ball travel. To make bad throws figuring out footwork. To chase pitches expanding the zone. To miss badly testing a new pitch shape.

Real growth happens by failing, learning, adjusting, and stacking days.

Learning to win matters — but developing players who know how to react and learn from failure is more important.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

@Robert_Abel Well answered and definitely true.

A messy mix of interests, can only be clarified by deferring to primary goals/responsibilities of a system, right? But it seems like the first principles of any potential system here haven't been defined.

So how can we evaluate good/bad?

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

What if we looked at this whole college/draft system different? Just for sake of argument, throw it all out. It doesn't matter what exists now. Start fresh.

What would be the best realistic system for college sports, its players, its member schools, and the country as a whole?

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

I think it's likely SOMETHING will pass. But what happens next?

If in practice it restricts athletes $$, wouldn't that lead to a strike/union/CBA negotiation?

All roads lead to "athletes are employees; rules must be collectively bargained"- even those that mean the opposite.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Ted Cruz: "I believe this bill is going to pass."

His objective is to get the Protect College Sports Act signed and passed into law "before the school year" and he believes "that timeline is doable."

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

Would not be surprising if something similar is what the final CBA looks like next year.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

MLB today proposed an overhauled domestic amateur-entry system that removes high school players from the draft, makes college players eligible after sophomore year, shortens the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, and cuts bonus pool from current $358.7M to $200M, sources tell ESPN.

[Perfect Game California @California_PG]

Gavin Williams (‘27, CA) with a couple barrels today. One of the better hit/power combos in the west with a 6-5/205 frame that can add plenty of more strength. #Oregon commit. #UBCWest

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

@kjduke I presume in this next CBA next offseason there will be significant changes to those rules

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

This is fair but incomplete. It's not a battle between "players should be paid" and "players should F off".

Yes, NCAA is big business. Players deserve their rightful share. But it's also fair to note that something huge has been lost as we've professionalized amateur sports.

[Matt Gerber @M_Gerber17]

Don’t you dare take an opportunity to better your personal situation while doing something you love!!!

Said NO ONE EVER!

Broken record during Portal Season about how it has ruined the game.

The portal is the free market, if you don’t like it, be better. Adapt or die.

Coaches changing jobs..it’s the free market…let it rip.

[Adam Farb @RealAdamFarb]

@M_Gerber17 @mjpriest1304 This I agree with wholeheartedly. What we have now is professional sports without professional standards.