Velo day / high intent day from last week. FB sat 95-96 , topped 97 3 times. Feeling healthy. Looking to play professionally or collegiately. I already graduated but I have 2 years eligibility left for NCAA.
6’5 / 225 lb LHP
Some coaches:
"We must spend 2 hours on PFPs and bunt defense because at least 1 game is lost every year by not doing the little things."
The same coaches:
"Pitchers get 8 minutes to warm up, 6.5 minutes to throw and hurry up with that arm care, PFPs are starting!"
I’m grateful and excited to announce my commitment to ACU! Very thankful for the opportunity and look forward what the Lord has in store @ACU_Baseball@GraysonBaseball
Excited and blessed to announce my Commitment to attend Illinois State University! I greatly appreciate everyone who has helped me get to this point @RedbirdBaseball@LoganVolsBsbl
Grateful for my 4 years at Purdue, love the relationships and the memories I’ve made.
Looking ahead to the next chapter, I will be entering the transfer portal. I am excited for the new opportunities and am committed to giving my best to whichever program I join next.
Jake Stadler (C, @IndianaBase) appreciation tweet. Don't let the final score fool you, these all took place in a close 3-1 game in the 7th.
- Two angles of a 2.13 pop from his knees on a CS
- Block that kept runner at 1st he later threw out
- Dropped a double into RC
David Jeon (@DavidJeon_24) comes in and works a scoreless, hitless inning of relief picking up the strikeout to end the inning.
FB: 88-91, 92
SL: 78-80
CH: 73-75
@GraysonBaseball • Sophomore • @FiveToolTexas@BregmanCares
Profile: https://t.co/yHC9lFrHkU
3⃣6⃣ As a sophomore @CarterDoorn pitched his way into expanded role, earning midweek starts.
🔥 Fanned 5 of 10 batters faced in outing #2 of 2023
💪 Didn't give up a walk until April, retiring 12 of 15 BF in March
☀️ 0.88 ERA, 0.93 WHIP in 41 IP = 2022 @GLSCL Pitcher of the Year
This is one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. I’m forever grateful for my time and relationships built at Purdue… I’ll always be a boiler at heart. With that being said, I’m excited to announce I will be taking the opportunity to transfer to Mississippi State!! #HailState
I am proud to announce my commitment to further my academic and athletic career at Assumption University. Thank you to my family, coaches, and teammates for helping me along in this process. And thank you to Coach Rocco for the opportunity.
⚡️#TBT⚡️Yup, that’s me back in 2009 at the position I played most, 1st base coach. After close to 200 at-bats in Double-A I was hitting a whopping .190. On days I wouldn’t start (which were most) I would take my position as 1st base coach. Pretty much rock bottom.
No longer getting regular playing time, I was instead high-fiving my teammates as they rounded first base. It was the hardest season of my career. I still remember saying to myself multiple times some version of: “One day I’ll look back and be grateful for this lesson.”
Part of me thought this was the end of my baseball journey, but it wasn’t. After a couple months went by I was demoted to High-A ball in Daytona. I made it a point every single day to focus on two P’s: Process and Positivity.
Doing so got me back on track and turned what seemed to be the END of the road for me, into a slight BEND in the road.
I owe everything to that season. It shaped my entire career. It equipped me with the mental strength of knowing that I could be at the lowest of lows, and still come back from it, stronger than ever. I can't tell you how many times, as I moved up the ranks, that I reflected on it.
In my mind, baseball would never be as bad as it was that year. I truly felt that way. So yes, 2009 could have been the end of my journey, but it ended up being the beginning of a new one.
Ballplayers out there who may be going through something similar, please keep these 4 words in mind: Fall. Learn. Rise…STRONGER.