Max McKee

Trainer of throwers

[Zach Kwasny @ZachKwasny]

Thank you to the Ball State Coaching staff for opportunity the last 3 years. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will be entering the transfer portal on June 1st.
1 year remaining
41 innings
42Ks
13 walks
5.93 ERA
Fastball-89-92T94
Change up-82-85
Slider-82-84 (46% whiff rate)

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

@wesleybryangolf @YourGolfTourYGT Honestly would like to see the average competitive golfer get a shot. (It’s me. I’m the average golfer)

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Augie Garrido was the absolute best.

Take 6 minutes and listen for yourself

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

hard, but the stress is significantly lower due to the amount of speed your arm moves at. That is why I believe these are undervalued for on ramps. Essentially preparing your future self now from putting you in “new” positions once you’re fully on ramped.

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

Throwing heavy plyos/weighted balls is like yoga for your arm, and extremely important (especially in your on ramp).

Let me explain:

If you’ve ever done yoga, you know after a good session you are sore the next day. You are getting into these deep ranges of motion that your…..

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

Body isn’t used to (hence the soreness the next day), but your risk for injury is minimal (has anyone ever heard of a yoga injury, genuinely curious). This is the same concept for heavy ball training. The heavy ball allows you get into these deep positions required for throwing..

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

Hot take that I believe shouldn’t be a hot take (for most cases):

You should be throwing more than you currently are.

Happy Wednesday.

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

15/26 total players that went to school, went to non P4 schools. Talent is everywhere.

[NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball]

Former @NCAA baseball student-athletes in the 2025 #WorldSeries: @Dodgers edition ⚾️

#NCAABaseball x @MLB

[Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius]

Wow...turns out seed oils are required for UV light to cause skin cancer in animals.

Mice fed 20% saturated fat had basically zero skin cancer....

But when fed 5 to 20% polyunsaturated fat, they developed lots of tumors.

Stop blaming the sun for what seed oils did

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

This is one of the most well explained answers about pitch calling I’ve ever seen. Well said @JLucroy20

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

Great question.

For me I look at it like this.

If a pilot is flying the plane that last thing they want is an air traffic controller telling them how to fly from a tower miles away.

The tower can “guide” them, and give them direction, but only the pilot can see what’s in front of them.

The way I see it, a “big brother” model of pitch calling doesn’t serve the purpose of the team, it serves the purpose of the coaches trying to control an uncontrollable and multiple factor game.

That being said, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t look in for help here and there during my career. However, 99% of the pitches I called during my career were me, or the pitcher shaking me off to what he wanted to throw.

As I referenced above with the airplane analogy, it’s hard to see something when you aren’t personally there in the fight itself.

Getting a hitter out involves multiple people working together to achieve that goal.

Pitching coach, analytics guys, catcher, and the pitcher.

The catcher is the executor of the signal, and the pitcher is the executor of the pitch itself.

From the catching perspective (if he is a good one), you see multiple things that coaches in the dugout, the pitcher, and analytics guys can’t see.

The hitter choked up, he moved up in the box, he moved closer to the plate, etc.

Game calling is instinctual, strategic, and methodical at the same time. Maybe the pitchers slider is bad that day, maybe his 2 seamer isn’t moving like it usually does, maybe he’s babying his change up that day, etc.

There are so many factors and pitchers stuff is day to day. Maybe he slept on his arm that night and it’s lagging behind his body, maybe he has a blister and can’t execute his slider like he usually does.

The real game isn’t MLB the Show, it’s a human game where human factors have real impact, good and bad, and I don’t think that calling a game from the dugout will lead to the best result.

Ideally we all want a Yadi type behind the plate. A catcher that is prepared, is smart, is a leader, and can run the whole pitching defensive game.

I know that a guy like him is a rarity, but I think that teaching catchers the proper way to call a game and lead a staff will lead to longer term, more sustainable results.

This is my opinion and my thoughts.

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

@AndrewBohm1 So true. Crazy we have American reporters who are anti - American

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy and a young father.

[Rich Maloney @CoachMaloney]

Always good when we get together to celebrate one of our brother’s special occasion. Timing of events doesn't always allow Kelle and I to make all of our players weddings but always good when we can. Congratulations to Adam and Grace Tellier-what a special couple.

[Astros Future @AstrosFuture]

The #Astros have promoted outfielder Zach Cole to Triple-A. He was hitting .267 with 19 2B, 6 3B, 14 HR, 15 SB and a .868 OPS in Double-A.

[Kellan Compton @kellancompton1]

#Committed Go Knights! ⚔️

@CalvinBaseball @coachclark99 @JoelSchipper4 @IPMW_2026 @AustinStout18 @MarucciProspec @HCS_Athletics

[Jonathan Kaiser @jkaistrains]

Pitchers, there’s a lot of information out there, but also a lot of bashing of coaches and philosophies on who’s “right” and “wrong.”

My take… find a coach who you have a great relationship with and can trust and I can almost guarantee you’ll see growth.

[Ryan Mikolanis @RyanMikolanis]

On the mound tomorrow at Grand Park for 16U ABC tournament. @TopTierBaseball @PrepBaseballIN @CTrinkle23 @bsf_pitching @LCIndiansBball

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

Want to add a little context from post outing discussion we had.

I had asked why he didn’t show SL or CH (1 pitch).

His response: “Saw hitters getting eager, shifting a lot of weight on front side.”

Whoever gets this kid isn’t only drafting a talented arm, but a PITCHER.

[Alex Barr @AlexBarr49]

3 K’s no walks no hits in my 1 inning in the MLB Combine Game

[Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB]

RHP Parker Rhodes flashing big, big stuff. Grabbed 96.5 from 59” launch. Snagged an 18/7. Flat approach. Blowing hitters up elevated. Sweeper 82-83 @ -1/-16. Flashed a -4/-17 @ 82.6. Threw one CH at 89 with diving action. Really nasty look. Arm speed is real.

[Max McKee @maxmckee03]

@Crider_HP @DrivelineBB This might be tweet of the year