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Ezra Bye
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Ezra Bye
@EZBye59
@WakeBaseball Director of Pitcher Development/Pitching Lab Coordinator | Former: @cleguardians, @dodgers, @astros | CSCS
Joined August 2012
Excited to say I’ll be joining the Houston Astros organization as their Pitching Apprentice. I want to thank everyone who has helped me get to this point enough, including all of the athletes who I’ve had the privilege to work with. Looking forward to an exciting new journey!
- Pumped to join an awesome staff and be back working with @EricNiesen! Building something special here in #DEACTOWNWelcome to DEACTOWN 🎩 🔗 deacs.info/ByeHiring
- Record your velos during throwing program! No, this is not just about throwing hard every day. We use them just as much to stay below/within the appropriate thresholds on low days. We are not good at guessing our intensity, calibrate yourselves to the velo to create better feel!
- As my time with LA comes to a close, a recap on the new rehab throwing program we implemented: - Velocity driven - No distances prescribed - Plyos and weighted balls early (lower arm speed = potential of less stress) - ~75 total mound sessions for enhanced skill work Cont. 1/2
- After 4 seasons, I’m moving on from the Astros Anyone need a pitching coach who can catch pens, code (RShiny app for Catapult+Pulse throwing loads used to try to objectify rehab RTP, *savant data is used below*), work with Vald Force Plates/Frames data, etc- resume available
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00:00 - Velo is cool, really cool. Being able to use that velo to be more aggressive/confident with your stuff IZ, punch tickets, and limit free bases is even cooler. Development <—> PerformanceAverage Velo Gains for Returners 💪 Returner K% 27.4 🔥 Returner BB% 10.9 💪
- Baseballs were thrown hard this fall. 8 Velo PRs from this group this fall too 😬🔥Pitcher Max Velo Leaderboard from the Fall ⛽️
- The brain will allow you to go as fast as it thinks it can safely brake. Deceleration is important. However, you don’t need to emphasize building Ferrari brakes when you have the horsepower of a Prius
- A good reminder about how trying out new things that the field hasn’t caught up to yet is really awful for you! Make sure you only do things the way they’ve always been done!!!
- For about 55 feet this is a fastball off the corner... then just a big F UYu Darvish, insane Slider movement. 💀😷
GIF - Embarrassing programming for a rehab throwing program for a high level pitcher. Just embarrassing. Long toss capped at 120’ (paging @jaegersports), timed throwing, 55 pitch (55!) bullpens. Why are we allowing this as an industry just because it’s the way it’s been done?
- If everything you read is “🔥” or somehow perfectly explains ‘your’ thought process, you’re probably not actually learning much just confirming biases. Similarly, just because someone you like or is popular says or writes something doesn’t make it automatically correct or useful
- Pumped to get this on the books for this year! Looking forward to another fun filled weekend of learning and hanging out with some of the best minds in baseball. More info to come 👀Excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Wake Forest Player Development Seminar!! This year’s event will be from December 12-14, back on campus in Broyhill Auditorium. Keep an eye out here as we begin to announce our speakers in the coming weeks!
