James Coats

Long Island - Gordon College Baseball- Mathematics, Data Science

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@iJordanMoore Regionals too low.

[The Futures League @FuturesLeague]

The Futures League community is heartbroken over the loss of former Vermont Lake Monsters pitcher Jack Birtwell, who passed away on Saturday, April 11.

🔗: https://t.co/v2gUTihIvH

[Vermont Lake Monsters @VTLakeMonsters]

We are saddened and heartbroken about the passing of 2025 Lake Monsters pitcher Jack Birtwell.

We send our thoughts and condolences to his family and all his teammates with the Lake Monsters, at Gordon College, and at Sacred Heart University.

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@ncaaballnow Elite VAA on the FB and CH is ++. Velocity wise yeah, but his pitchability is different

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@pumpkin4927 JWU 2-5?

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@pumpkin4927 8-3 now

[Frat Painter @bipskayless123]

Ball knowers?

[Pauly Dick Cheese aka "New England Ball Knower" @ncaaballnow]

Had to break it out. That time of year… #d3baseball

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@ConnySmallBall What's better than a crafty high 70s lefty with a great changeup?

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@fbcreports @tangotiger Research to be done!

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

Percentiles are computed relative to pitchers in conference with 10+ IP.

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

Working on a R and python workflow to generate pitching and hitting scouting reports at the division 3 level. Here is the first iteration:

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@kozy_shack Also positive correlation between POI, bat speed and attack angle correct?
I think breaking down this connection is one of the most effective ways to translate between cue and numbers based approaches.

[WVU Baseball @WVUBaseball]

𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓭 ✍️

Welcome to Morgantown, Luke!

#HailWV | @LukeCoats2026

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@sean_hogan38 Fantastic thread, thank you for sharing. Would love to hear about what type of arsenals you would advise a pitcher to throw based on their ability to create gyro.

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@pitchprofiler How do you calculate this?

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@srbrown70 This is great!

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@drivelinekyle Have you considered the rise in raccoon population in toronto?

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@Miraj_Shah12 The main goal really was just to get a general sense and explore what features jump off the page as important. I was more interested in the feature importance than having a predictive model. First time playing with the data and excited to really get into it.

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

Used basic RandomForest Regression on data from the Driveline Open Biomechanics project to determine the largest factors on pitching velocity. Out of the three phases (force generation, absorption, transfer), being able to transfer energy effectively seems paramount.

[James Coats @jamesccoats]

@Miraj_Shah12 Yeah I definitely have plans to improve on this by trying out a few different things. I think simplifying and keeping only the main movement patterns, running more test/train splits, xgboost, or normalizing metrics could be useful.