We're excited to welcome Major League pitchers Adam Ottavino, Corey Kluber, Blake Treinen, Brandon Kintzler, Mike Soroka, and Steve Cishek - along with CSP-Florida pitching coordinators Brian Kaplan and Mark Lowy - for a roundtable on the two-seam fastball. This podcast featured a lot of great insights for up-and-coming pitchers, and also a lot of great back-and-forth among some of the most accomplished pitchers in the game.
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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 http://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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