Chris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74

Episode 74 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!   

With guest: Chris Langin   

This one's jam packed and Langin's sports comm'n degree shines through again in his smooth, sanguine spiels ;)  

We talk the science of pitch design, training big leaguers, pitch calling in college and just how much of a sports gambling degen Langin is. Oh and if you're an athlete that trained with Langin you might get lucky and make it in the 10 shoutouts he gives out in this episode! 

Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 

5:54 La(o)st Langin Episodes Recap 

8:15 Langin's Improvement as Pitch Design Specialist 

11:50 Being able to throw sweeper without losing too much velo 

15:38 Thoughts on gyro slider 

18:45 Platoon splits in PD 

19:50 Different amount of data prep per player 

21:38 Sequencing during PD 

23:38 Coaches v player calling pitches in college 

29:55 Langin's 2nd beer 

31:00 College Catchers and Pitch Calling 

33:50 Advanced Reports in College 

37:28 Driveline's Last Pro Offseason 

41:06 Langin's focus pre College Summer 

44:10 Importance of Data Viz + Athlete Meetings 

52:00 Langin's shoutouts 

58:00 Langin's approach on command work 

1:02:15 Easy ways to incorporate command work 

1:07:30 Sports Gambling degen talk  

Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: 

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Chris Langin: https://twitter.com/LanginTots13