Erik Rico

Bat Club USA CEO -Cornell Alum 02 Ivy League POY

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

I’ve been working really hard in the gym and on the field with a group of six kids for the past six weeks. I’ve been preaching to them the difference between discipline and motivation. Now I’m going out of town for a week. Let’s see which kids actually get it.

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@nextlevelbb I’ve got a plan for that

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

I’ve been told this is no big deal because strikeouts are just out.

[Mike Mutnansky @MikeMutnansky]

History!

2026 Red Sox become the first team since 1901 to have the first three hitters in their order all strike out in their first three at bats of a game.

125 years!

[Mike Rodriguez @mikedeportes]

MLB is not recognizing the seriousness of what is happening in the Dominican Republic. #MLB

In the big leagues, players are punished, fined, and even banned for doping, and it can keep them out of the Hall of Fame. However, when it comes to 12- and 13-year-old kids testing positive, there seem to be no real consequences for the trainers or organizations involved.

For example, recently several players tested positive. Instead of applying strong sanctions, what happens is their bonuses are reduced, yet they are still re-signed by the same organization. In other words, they are somehow still being rewarded. Thread 🧵

[Adam Stenson @AdamStensonACS]

Jack Bauer throws a fastball that sits 97 and tops 102 yet hitters bat .311 against it and here today he’s given up 2 straight hits on 99 and 100 mph.. velo matters, no disputing that.. but I watched WVU throw a dude yesterday that sat between 77 and 89, K’d 11 and dominated with shape, change in velo, and command…

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

In case anybody need to know how TRASH the made up stat WAR is.

[EckSportsLab @deck1388]

There has been a lot of discussion about Ohtani vs Ruth since Ohtani has been so dominant in 2026.

This discussion has been wrongheaded!

By era-adjusted WAR, Ohtani clears Ruth handily. So do Mays, Judge, Trout, et al.

https://t.co/FTBQ2q44Lu

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

Part of being a pro is knowing exactly where to be in every situation.

[Hyeseong Kim Muse 김혜성 @HyeseongKimMuse]

DBACKS MANAGER TOREY LOVULLO: “I think a 1st baseman, somebody like Freddie Freeman, would slide feet first and give way to the runner, who’s probably going to be standing up… That would have been the way to avoid that situation. And I’m thinking Max [Muncy] probably thought that [Ildemaro] Vargas was going to slide, and then it’s at the point of no return. They just couldn’t get out of the way of each other.”

About RYNE NELSON not covering 1st:

“That bothers me. We’re going to tighten that down. We talked about that as it happened, we talked about it as the game was ending, and in my office. So we’ve gotta tighten that down. We have been showing a vulnerability to getting over and covering 1st base, and that’s not who we are.”

🎥: @DbacksOnSI

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

It’s starting…

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

A Chinese robot wearing a clown wig kicked a child in the stomach.

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

He is an all times and thank God for modern medicine that allows us to enjoy players that we would have lost in other eras.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Since 2021, a guy who as an MLB batter is 1st in runs and total bases and 2nd in homers and triples and SLG and OPS and 4th in RBI and walks and 6th in OBP and 8th in stolen bases and 10th in AVG has also posted a 2.60 ERA in 536+ innings pitched.

Yes, he's an "all timer".

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

Greatest ability is availability.

[The Twins Almanac @TwinsAlmanac]

If Shohei Ohtani would have played in Babe Ruth’s era, his career would have ended his rookie season when he tore his ulnar collateral ligament for the first time.

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@Nomadhidinghere So the answer is shorten those contracts not limiting people on reaching their market value

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@notgaetti Do you have any tapes lying around?

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@notgaetti Like blank CDs?

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@Memo_B_Random @notgaetti Took me a second

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@Bshepp87 15 years ago they were bankrupt and run by MLB. With a 2B payroll you don’t think that can happen again?

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

Just a reminder that your favorite team is losing because their front office and process stinks, not because they aren’t spending as much.

[Zack Scott @ZackScottSports]

A cap changes who's allowed to spend. It doesn't change who's deciding well.

LAD and NYM had identical wallets. One built a juggernaut. One didn't.

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@notgaetti Not anymore bc strikeouts don’t matter

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@Bshepp87 Maybe it does and they just got lucky. Here is the thing, if they just got lucky there is a ton of risk in committing to pay players 2.2B and it could bankrupt the org again. It’s a risk they are willing to take that others aren’t

[Erik Rico @batcluberik]

@acase22 I get it but if a guy doesn’t like living in a city then he wasn’t going to stay anyways.

[Wade Remlinger @WadeRemlinger]

People complaining about baseball salary cap:

They made a movie about it, it’s called moneyball. It exposed that every owner wants to win by spending the least amount of money possible.

The floor shows the max of what they want to spend to win.

Be mad at how your FO operates.