Trent Howard

Love God. Former Pioneer and Chippewa. Head Baseball Coach at Hobart High School. Proverbs 3:5-6 Matthew 6:31-33. #BrickieUp #FireUpChips

[Post-Tribune Sports @PostTribSports]

After an award-winning season, Drew Burris wanted to “do it again.”
But the Hobart junior is doing it better.
@MichaelOsipoff has the story for #TribSuburbanSports.
@andrew_b232306 @HobartBaseball @trenthoward89 @BenSully22 @AthleticsHobart @scohbrickies
https://t.co/Nx02TMN5Eb

[Blaze Post 502 @502Post]

Offensive player of the week with @HobartBaseball and he still wants more. @gabenunez0 putting in volunteer hrs at the Post for the Sunday breakfast! #Post502MissedTheirBen #Post502Blaze My guys are better than yours ⚾️💪🏽

[Central Michigan Baseball @CMUBaseball]

With tonight's win, Coach Sabol has secured his first win with the Chippewas as a Coach!

Congrats, Coach Sabol! 🎉

#FireUpChips🔥⬆️⚾

[Jeff Stanek @JeffStanek1]

Hey @PerfectGameUSA, can we talk?

I'm an MLB bird dog. Like to crosscheck recruiting sites before spring HS season. You increased the level of subscription needed to see players in PA, so my subscription is no good now.

So, I text a few friends who are D1 coaches. I ask, 1/

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@ivannbalboa @ryan_troxel @champmindcoach @PeterVaron @TravisKerber @Bob_Glover6 @SimpleQpons @Javi_DeJesus13 It was an absolute pleasure getting to coach you! Learned an absolute ton from you, and learned how important player leadership is within a team.

[Hobart Baseball @HobartBaseball]

Please consider donating to the Hobart Baseball program!

This event is aimed at helping all of our players play for free while also raising some money for our program to purchase needed items and make field improvements. Every bit goes such a long way!

https://t.co/tXlzY6GyCP

[Ben Sullivan @BenSully22]

Excited to get a new Exit Velo PR at the @502Post facility of 94.5MPH.@HobartBaseball @PBRIndiana @PBR_Uncommitted @NCSA_Baseball @CoachHarrisNCSA @trenthoward89

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@ShawnGillespi @CoachSeely @MLBDraft @MLB @fangraphs Many of these hard throwing kids never learn how to pitch. They can throw hard, but when they reach a level where people can catch up to their FB, now they have to rely on off speed they never fully developed and never really learned how to pitch.

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

Big THANK YOU to one of our GRAND SLAM sponsors, Fetterer Tax Services!

Thank you so much for your support!!

[Hobart Baseball @HobartBaseball]

Please consider donating! Every bit helps! We are also a registered 501(c)(3)

You can also donate on Facebook at the following link

https://t.co/Ujt3ADB42d

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@DaBears_26 @bryjcollins

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@RealTimmyMac Haven’t heard of this for the draft, but it’s a common theme to help kids get scholarships. Makes sense on paper. A college probably doesn’t care if they are 18 or 21. How is he compared to the rest of his grad class? And it’s not like they start to decline at 23 years old.

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@RealTimmyMac @nextlevelbb Haven’t heard of this for the draft, but it’s a common theme to help kids get scholarships. Makes sense on paper. A college probably doesn’t care if they are 18 or 21. How is he compared to the rest of his grad class? And it’s not like they start to decline at 23 years old.

[Brock Hudgens @brockhudgens2]

Dude gave up two bombs on one pitch 😂

VC: thebsblr/ig

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@JustHimFields1 Too many people, including experts, put way too much focus on record. As I saw recently, during the bears 14 game losing streak they were averaging giving up 33 points per game. If the Chiefs D averaged that over that same span they would have been 2-12.

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

“What got you here, won’t get you there.”

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

It was the 38 best high school baseball players in the country.

1 player has made $100,000,000 but many have never played in the big leagues.

The journey and lesson we can all take away from an All-American game:

In 2008, one of the top honors was being selected to the Aflac All-American Game ~ Today this game is called the PG All-American Classic.

The event has featured countless 1st round picks and MLB superstars.

Household names like:

@ABREG_1
@GerritCole45
@bryceharper3

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Here are the numbers of the 2008 roster 15 years later:

50% of the players never played 1 day in the big leagues.

4 players made between $10,000,000 - $20,000,000.

Me
Mychal Givens
Scooter Gennett
Jonathan Singleton

2 players made between $20,000,000 - $30,000,000.

Max Stassi
Michael Zunino

1 player made more than $100,000,000.

Zack Wheeler

The lesson here is simple ~ what got you here, won't get you there.

Whether you are a top sports prospect, running a leading business, or at the top of your class, you have to keep your foot on the gas.

Every year there is an entirely new group coming for your spot.

Remember how hungry you were before you got any recognition, fame, or accolades? Do you still have that same hunger?

We all have that friend who tells the same story from the glory days decades ago.

I call that the rear-view mirror storyteller.

Instead be the friend that tells stories about the current project, the path to get there, and the thing you are looking forward to accomplishing next.

Here is mine ~ I want to have an outsized impact on the money decisions for our clients and for everyone who follows me online.

What is yours?

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@CoachSeely Him to become a star. Obviously that’s much different than HS to college, but it’s a good example of stats not being the whole story. Most would think .230 at a lower level would be .180 at a higher. Coaches will typically trust their eyes to see if the stuff plays at their level

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@CoachSeely His stuff typically was as good as they saw.

One thing many don’t get is that stats rarely tell the whole story. One example, obviously there’s more to it than this, was Machado. O’s called him up from AA while he was batting like .230. Didn’t take long for

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@CoachSeely Even though he had but a fraction of the high school and travel ball pitching experience of vast majority of the guys they were recruiting. The closest we were to stats was them asking if the couple times they saw him just happened to be great days or if… continued

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@CoachSeely Yes we keep stats. However, it’s not always the most reliable person, but rather who is available. I think a lot of schools know most fans don’t know the game well enough and are probably biased, even some coaches who keep stats. Continued….

[Trent Howard @trenthoward89]

@CoachSeely Performance questions largely seem to be limited to things regarding Baseball IQ. Had an ACC school a month ago asking about a player who they later offered, they mentioned how much they loved how they believe his stuff would play at the D1…. Continued