Jaden Scott

@Mysticsbaseball Head Coach 🔮

[BSC Athletics @BSCMystics]

The undisputed walk king of the Frontier Conference, Pacey Phillips has earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors!

He gets on base better than anyone, leading the conference in on-base percentage at .537 and walks with 38.

CONGRATULATIONS PACEY!

#GoMystics

[BSC Athletics @BSCMystics]

Making a huge impact from the cleanup spot, Eric Reiling has earned Second-Team All-Conference honors!

Eric hit .319 this season, blasted eight home runs and drove in 41 runs as the go-to presence in the heart of the order.

CONGRATULATIONS ERIC!

#GoMystics

[BSC Athletics @BSCMystics]

One of the top longball threats in the Frontier Conference, Kaeden Wilcox has earned Second-Team All-Conference honors!

He hit 14 home runs, fourth-highest in the conference, to go along with his .333 average and 46 RBI.

CONGRATULATIONS KAEDEN!

#NotDoneYet #GoMystics

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

10x Gold Glove Award winner
5x All-Star
434 career home runs
Hall of Famer

Andruw Jones has been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame!

[Nixon Carriere @NixonCarriere]

Couple swings from from last spring doubleheader against NDSCS
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[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

On behalf of #BravesCountry, thank you Snit 💙

[MoWest Athletics @MWSUGriffons]

⚾️ We are thrilled to welcome Michael Keeran as the fourth head coach in Griffon baseball history.

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#GriffUp🦅🦁

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

Congrats to Andrew Niaves for being named to the MonDak all conference team! #rollstics🔮🔮

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

Congrats to Cole Shirley for being named to the MonDak all conference team! #rollstics🔮🔮

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

Congrats to Cooper Stahlman for being named to the MonDak Sportsmanship team! Exemplifies what it means to be a Mystic. #rollstics🔮🔮

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

Dual honors in the MonDak as Alex Everson earns player of the week and Cole Shirley earns pitcher of the week!

@alex_everson3 hit .778 with 1 HR and 3 2Bs, 4 Rs & 5 RBIs!
@ColeShirley5 threw 4.2 Innings allowing 4 H, 2 ER and had 5 Ks!
#rollstics🔮🔮

[American Association @AA_Baseball]

February 20 Transaction: @FMRedHawks INF Michael Hallquist (@michaelhallqu11) signed with the #Guardians.

The @ballstatebb and @umcbaseball alum hit .277 for Fargo-Moorhead in 34 regular-season games in 2024, his first pro season.

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[Ball State Baseball @BallStateBB]

Congrats to Michael Hallquist on being invited to Spring Training in the Cleveland Guardians minor league system!

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

New year, new Unis. Happy New Year from the Mystics! #rollstics🔮🔮

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

If you ever can’t find Travis, chances are he’s in the end zone.

Congrats, @tkelce! 🏆

[Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks @FMRedHawks]

.@MichaelHallqu11 🔙

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

Great question.

As a rule of thumb in game calling, we should always assume that the last thing a hitter did, is the next thing he wil do.

Meaning, if he’s late on a FB, he will “probably” be late again.

Alot of this depends on location however. You throw a heater up at the letters and he’s late doesn’t mean he will be late on next fastball at the mid thigh. So what we do is we repeat the pitch and try to make it a little better. A little more down or a little more up. You get my point.

At the higher levels, this can be trickier. If Edwin Encarnacion would swing and miss at a pitch, then sit on it the remainder of the at bat. If he got it he wouldn’t miss it. I had to be more thoughtful and strategic with him. I remember one time we threw him 4 or 5 change ups in a row lol. He was pissed. Sitting on heater the whole time.

Good times

As far as scouting reports go or addressing a hitters tendencies I would always go by count and look at his batting averages on pitches and their different locations.

For example, 0-0 what pitch and location does he have his most hits on? If it was galling I wouldn’t throw him that pitch.

I would then break him down by fastball counts vs offspeed counts on every single pitch he had. FBs, CBs, SL, CHG.

Once charted, this information painted the picture for me with his approach, what he was looking for and in what location. I would then try and match that up with the pitchers capabilities and strengths, which was the trickiest part.

If in doubt, always go with the pitchers best pitch. There is nothing wrong with a located FB down and away on the corner. Very difficult pitch to square up and hit for power. You don’t want to live there but that is probably the safest place to be for a FB location. If executed there.

Another rule of thumb is that it’s better to have 100% conviction on the wrong pitch then 50% conviction on the right one.

Pitcher has to believe in what he has. I used to call guys like this FU guys. Because they came right at you and didn’t give a F___.

Best example of a guy I had like this was Mad Max. Dude is awesome to catch. He hunts hitters.

You must compete with conviction.

[Bismarck State College Baseball @MysticsBaseball]

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