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Hitting highlights, quality swings, current trends and training tips! 🦍⚾️

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Junior @VandyBoys infielder Tommy Goodin (@GoodiStick) showing off his smooth lefty stroke collecting three hits on the day facing Walters State. From Thousand Oaks, California

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Junior @VandyBoys catcher Aukai Kea (@AukaiKea) from Hawaii roping a pitch into the corner for extra bases driving in one facing Walters State.

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Freshman @WSCCbaseball outfielder Sean Birkofer (@SBirkofer) driving this pitch down the right field line for a double against Vanderbilt. @PCA_BSB Alumni

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Good hitters are swinging every pitch until they see it’s a ball. ⚾️💯

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Sophomore @VandyBoys outfielder Collin Brightwell (@C1Brightwell) put on a show finishing 5/6 on the day with 2 doubles and 4 stolen bases facing Walters State. Thinks double out of the box. Stole 59 bags his senior year at North Paulding HS.

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Freshman @WSCCBaseball infielder Talon Messer (@talon_messer25) crushing this fastball off the wall in left for a double facing Vanderbilt. @DyerCoBaseball Alumni

[Chase Denton @ChaseDenton_]

Some thoughts from the scrimmage between Vandy & Walters State:

Tim Corbin is still a fungo master.

Every time there’s a throw down in between innings, all the players on Vandy’s bench yell “runner” just like they would if it was live.

Vandy used two left fielders a couple innings for more reps reading the ball off the bat. Only one of them actually would play it live.

Walters State made Hawkins Field looks small in BP. One player hit 5 straight bombs.

Shadows during different times of the day made it tough for hitters to see spin.

Hawkins Field renovations will look incredible when the construction is complete.

Pitching prospect after pitching prospect out there for both teams all day long.

Perfect weather. Fun day of baseball.

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Freshman @VandyBoys infielder James Tronstein (@therealjtronny) crushing a towering two-run HR to left facing Walters State. Only 18 years old.

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Freshman @VandyBoys infielder Kaleb Traylor (@ktray25_) crushing his 2nd HR of the day a frozen rope oppo-taco off the construction in right center.

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Freshman @VandyBoys infielder Kaleb Traylor (@ktray25_) destroying a pitch over the left field wall for an impressive HR facing Walters State. 18 years old.

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Freshman @WSCCbaseball C/RHP Carter Winders (@carter10windys) destroys this pitch to left center for a solo HR facing Vanderbilt. #UNCOMMITTED

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Sophomore @VandyBoys outfielder Bud Coombs (@bud_coombs) turns this pitch around for an impressive HR over the wall of champions facing Walters State.

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Congrats to 2027 @ahstigersbb infielder Luke Turner (@LukeTurner2027) for his recent @NWCCBaseball commitment! Here’s video from @TBCAorg

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True shortstop with fundamentally sound defensive actions & consistently barrels liners to all fields. Power starting to emerge as he gains strength. No brainer for a college coach.

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What can’t this guy do? Special player. Another no brainer for a college coach.

[scoob @MostCrucified]

everyone says the brewers are cheating and then they show dan vogelbach is our hitting coach. imagine dan vogelbach cooking up schemes

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was in pro baseball, I started making a lot of weak contact.

-Weak fly balls.
-Weak ground balls.
-Jammed contact.

Honestly…

I felt like if I didn’t figure it out, I was going to get released.

Then I remembered what Barry Bonds told me:

“If you’re making weak contact, your top hand probably isn’t working TO and THROUGH the baseball correctly.”

He explained that the top hand helps create the barrel path through the zone.

So every day, I practiced 3 things:

1. Top-hand-only tee swings trying to drive the ball to center field and the opposite-field gap

2. Split-grip soft toss working through the middle of the field
(2–3 inch gap between the hands)

3. Regular BP trying to hit line drives gap-to-gap with the thought of “catching” the ball with the top hand

That’s when I started squaring baseballs up and driving line drives with authority again.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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Levi Clark comp for this guy. Just starting to scratch the surface of his potential.

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Congrats to @MunfordBasebal1 infielder Hudson Wright (@Hud_Wright) for his @CoyoteSouthBSB commitment! Here’s some video from @TBCAorg

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2028 @LAMustangBB 1B/3B Nate Simmons (@natesimmons2009) making Covenant Health Park look small during the Going Yard Eastern Scout Games. One of the top #UNCOMMITTED hitters in Tennessee.