Brandon Aubrey and the Dallas Cowboys reached agreement today on a deal that will make Aubrey the highest paid kicker in NFL history. The four-year extension makes Aubrey the first kicker to earn $7 million per year and receive $20 million guaranteed, per Todd France and AJ Stevens of @AthletesFirst.
ICYMI: Remote Athlete Tucker Davidson sitting 93-95 indoors in December after averaging 90-91 across the last 3 years.
4.25 FIP in 55 MLB innings, solid K numbers in Korea. That velocity boost is substantial and critical context for his 2026 evaluation.
Remote Athlete Tucker Davidson (@tucktuck6 ) averaged 93.7 mph and touched 95.4 across 11 fastballs yesterday.
He averaged 91 mph in the KBO last year.
+1 mph ≈ -0.28 ERA
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In-Facility: @MavenBaseball@Seanymac03@S__Lizarraga
1/ Remote athlete @tucktuck6 opening his velocity phase at 96.1 with the 100g plyo ball.
During 2020–2022, when he lived 93–94 mph:
His lower-half engine — peak CoG velocity + lead-knee extension angular velocity — graded out around a 60 on the 20–80 scale.
Recent 2025 mocaps have that closer to a 30-35, setting the framework for our offseason plan.
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4/ His splitter (added in 2023) scales upward with added fastball velocity and protects his strikeout ceiling.
The slider is a volume strike pitch (70/30 cutter-leaning action over whiff value), so its 2-strike whiff utility decays — the splitter fills that gap with real swing-and-miss.
3/ The mission is threading the needle:
A. Keep the 2023–2025 version of Davidson's pitchability and pitch shapes
- slider (68% strikes, true strength for count progression)
- splitter (40% whiffs, 47% MLB)
B. Restore Davidson's 2020-2022 velocity (93-94)
2/ Early emphasis is rebuilding that engine through environments that boost athleticism and break preconditioned habits created by a 5-oz mound setting.
Short-term transferability back to the mound is the goal, and momentum-driven constraints and plyo balls are, in my opinion, the highest-EV fits for his needs in Phase 1.
1/ Remote athlete @tucktuck6 opening his velocity phase at 96.1 with the 100g plyo ball.
During 2020–2022, when he lived 93–94 mph:
His lower-half engine — peak CoG velocity + lead-knee extension angular velocity — graded out around a 60 on the 20–80 scale.
Recent 2025 mocaps have that closer to a 30-35, setting the framework for our offseason plan.
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Where are they now? Checking in on former Texas Panhandle athletes thriving at the next level. This week focuses on former Tascosa pitcher @thomasmac_5 ..
Huge thanks to our title sponsor @ZiggisCoffee for making this happen ..
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