Brandon M. James

Private pitching coach from MLB to High School in San Diego. Christ follower.

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

8am Group MLB 22-23 off season coming to a close!!! 🔥🔥🔥 #thomas #politi #dashwood #waldichuk #holdgrafer

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

@Tarek_Fattal Nothing better than when the parents hit the field cause they handle so much! 🤐🤷🏾‍♂️

[PREP BASEBALL CALIFORNIA @PrepBaseballCA]

‘27 RHP Hoss Harper @GraniteHillsBB

FB: 88-90 T91
SL: 77-79
CH: 77

Harper was very good through 5.1 IP allowing just 3H with a BB and 5K. Left game w/2 on then reliever allowed a 3R HR.

Loose, whippy arm on a 6’3” 190lb. frame. Mixes slots. SL flashes upside.

@LesLukach

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

Heart of a Lion! Amazing to concisely clutch up off the bench getting this opportunity. 📈

[PREP BASEBALL CALIFORNIA @PrepBaseballCA]

‘26 OF Isaac Fierro of Helix HS

Fierro contributed to the hitting barrage from Helix bats with 2 singles, and a 2 RBI performance at the plate capping off a 2-for-3 day. Shows ability to go with the pitch and work his way oppo or pull-side.

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

Good to see you @Hoss_Harper 🫡🔥

[Pitcher DIGS @DigsPitcher]

The USA Prep ⚾️ Leaderboard is growing by the day. We're now over 15,000 players (my goal is 25K by this summer). Here are the top ranked pitchers among this group, minimum 20 IP.

DIGS+ is adjusted for player class & team SOS.

[Talon Brown @Talonbrown_2010]

Up to 90-91 the other day. 📈 📈📈.

[WannaTeachPE @WannaTeachPE]

React & Bang! 🧠💥

Reactive games to wake up those sleepy students on a morning! 😴😂

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[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Shohei Ohtani mixing up his delivery to mess up Lindor's timing/strike out...to end an 11 pitch AB.

With an overlay of the 2 deliveries.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Derek Jeter shares a masterclass on preparation and mindset.

"My biggest thing in life that makes me most uncomfortable is being unprepared. And that's in anything."

"You hear athletes talk about the game speeds up or slows down. Well, it slows down when you're prepared. Speeds up when you're unprepared."

That's the difference.

Preparation helps you feel ready for what can and will arise.

"Every time you're in a situation, I've already gone through it in my head."

"If you have the same approach to a spring training game as you do a World Series game nothing changes."

The moment doesn't get bigger - you stay the same.

That's the secret. The greats embrace the boredom of consistency.

They aren't clutch because they rise to the occasion. They're clutch because they've already been there a thousand times in their mind.
(🎥Drink Champs )

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

#Uncommited2027

[Hoss Harper @Hoss_Harper]

8 strikeouts in 6 innings with one earned run in first game of league.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

Alabama football director of performance, David Ballou

What would be his biggest tip to young athletes trying to get to the next level?

“A lot of people work hard…

it’s the people that work hard & are able to stack nutrition & sleep & those things on top of it.”

Listen up:

[Moises Davison @moises_davison]

Recent outing against Lincoln for the High School Baseball Classic
6 IP
10 K
2bb
1 ER
2 H

Unfortunately lost the game 2-1

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Shoutout the late @KenRavizza1 The Godfather of the Mental game of Baseball and @LantzWheeler

“Confidence is fragile!”

“Feeling good is overrated!”

The best 20 minutes of your season!

I studied under Dr. Ravizza at @csuf and it changed my life!

[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

@JoshuaMickles @USDbaseball @WCCsports @d1baseball Umpires need control back after ABS came out 🫣

[Baseball Scouting @BSBSCOUT]

16 year old Haruki Komodo is arguably the top overall youth prospect in Japan. 6’4-200lb two-way player throwing 94 mph with big power potential at the plate.

[Jackson Potts @JacksonPotts27]

1st Varsity Inning VS Sage Creek
1 IP 0 H 0 BB 1K
CH | CB | FB | CH |
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[Brandon M. James @SDPitchingCoach]

Uncommitted 2027 4.0 GPA 🔥

[Hoss Harper @Hoss_Harper]

Yesterday’s game - No hitter through 6 innings with 14 strikeouts

[Jeff Young @BaseballJeff1]

Marques Johnson was not in camp as a non-roster invitee, but he did make the most of his appearances this spring:

4.2 IP
1 ER
0 BB
8 SO

[Matthew Knauer @matthewk36711]

Marques Johnson

The Giants have an affinity for supination-heavy arms, and Johnson is the prototype. He doesn’t get enough credit for 2025 performance (33% K, 13% BB, 3.14 xFIP between A+ and AA), and the raw stuff instills even more confidence.

Johnson mixes three heavy, horizontally-moving offerings: a 94 mph cutter, a lift-y sweeper, and a hard, depthier slurve on the same plane. The sweeper and slurve — identical except that the slurve drops 10 inches more — create a pretty unhittable tunnel. It was only 3.2 innings, but just look at the sheer dominance this spring.

He’ll need to prove he can consistently be in-zone, but with that level of stuff, Johnson just needs to be over the plate. I’d like to see more sinkers implemented, a nice armside counter to such a gloveside-heavy arsenal.