We’re excited to welcome Oakland A’s reliever Blake Treinen to this week’s podcast. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Greens. Head to https://www.athleticgreens.com/cressey and you’ll receive a free 10-pack of Athletic Greens travel packets with your first order.

Show Outline

• How Blake began his baseball career at a small NAIA college in Kansas and why he chose to leave to attempt to walk on at a Division 1 program
• Why Blake was forced to take a year off from baseball and what lessons he learned from taking the time to step away from the game to train and
• How Blake’s time away from organized baseball allowed him to add much needed size, prioritize learning to throw with intent, and understand his optimal mechanics on a trial and error basis
• What lead Blake to walk on at South Dakota State University and how he progressed to MLB draft prospect throwing a mid-90s fastball
• How Blake’s faith in God has propelled him to the success he has had in baseball and been a vital key to his success through the tribulations of his career
• How being passed up by the Miami Marlins turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Blake and how he ended being drafted by the Oakland A’s the following year
• What cues Blake has adopted to reinforce his consistent, effortless mechanics and how has learned to master creating late arm speed
• How training at CSP helped and training functional exercise/core exercise helped Treinen become a more effortless, compact pitcher
• How Blake approaches pitch design and developing various pitches
• How Blake developed a cutter and the work that went in to trusting to us it in game
• How Blake developed a one seam and how future sinker ballers can find success
• How the evolution of the cutter has transformed the way current pitchers are attacking the launch angle evolution and attacking hitters inside
• What the hardest adjustments were for Blake as he transitioned from starter to reliever
• How Blake structures his daily throwing routine
• How Blake mentally prepares for each outing

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