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A message from every professional baseball scout to every high school and college potential baseball prospect.
We're always watching!
EVERY. SINGLE. LOOK.
Pregame work. I/O. BP. Bullpens. Intrasquads. Scrimmages and regular season games. Every one of those is a look — and every look is being written down.
How you run to first base… or do you run to first base. How you move on the field and off the field. How you throw between innings. How you take BP when you think no scout is watching. How you execute pitches in a side session or between innings warming up. How you handle or process a poor at bat. Whether you’re coachable or whether you’re not. And how you treat your teammates.
First one on the field?
Last one off the field?
It’s ALL being noted.
All of it.
Get to the Big Leagues first—before trying to act like those in the TV league. You’re not.
Scouts aren't just evaluating your tools. We're evaluating everything: your habits, your effort, your work ethic, and your character. The player who gives effort every rep stands out — because so few do it consistently.
Newsflash…Scouts don’t care about your “ranking” or what publications write about you (positive or negative). Scouts don’t care how much NIL money you’re getting, or if you’re getting any at all. We’ll make our own evaluations and our own decisions.
Be intentional. Play hard. No matter the setting, the score, the competition or who's in the stands. When you don't, you're only hurting yourself, and you’re to blame.
There is not much you can control in this game — but the one thing you can control is your effort, your work ethic, and your hustle.
Because when you least expect it, someone is ALWAYS watching, and you never know which look is the one that matters.
Winners Win!
Make. Every. Look. Count.
Young athletes looking to bulk, there is no secret sauce, need to Lift and eat
BUT Masoor Dal can help. Mix a C with a # of GB when making tacos or bolognese They will absorb the flavor profile of the meat it adds
50g Protein
120g Carbs
70mg Calcium
13mg Iron
1354mg Potassium
Coach Twinkle Toes, Ed. S retweeted
Remarkable statistic:
Prior to Western Michigan, college football teams were 110,352 - 0 when leading after the end of regulation, dating back to 1869.
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Dear all high school sports social media pages,
STOP USING CHATGPT TO MAKE CONTENT.
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Solid performance at the Upperclass @AreaCodeBSB Games this morning from Keegan Mathis (@keeganmathis_), who fired 3.0 frames.
Tall RHP had some natural running life to FB and reached back for best velo in final IP. Added and subtracted to sharp breaking ball. Competed.
FB: 87-92, 93
BB: 76-82
@PocketRadar Five Tool #90Club
Glynn Academy (GA) 2027 • @GSU_Base commit
Profile: fivetool.org/players/e9eb798…
That’s what all you 6’4” and under guys need to be playing football and baseball…
Kevin Durant says guards 6'2" and under are no longer at a premium as NBA starters
“I don’t know if the 6'2" and under guard is at a premium no more as a starter. Maybe as a backup. You can’t get picked on defense because we’re playing such a pick-on game that they will literally, if you can’t guard, bring you up every play”
“If you’re 6 feet, 6'1", and you’re not a bulldog like Davion Mitchell or Jrue Holidays on the defensive side, or you’re not an offensive flat-out savant like Kyrie, where you can score on dudes seven feet easily in an iso, then I just can’t see it”
“Nowadays, offenses are giving the ball to their best player. I don’t care if you’re 6'9" or 6'10". If you’re out on that perimeter, Paolo Banchero out there, bring up Darius Garland. Those guards at that size, it’s going to be tough”
Too many stories myself but recently I saw it happen in real time to my son PAINFUL
Girl: I’d love to hang out & toss the football around
Son: I don’t have my football, it’s in my room
Girl: I’ll wait while you get it
Son: it’s okay you don’t have to wait GN
Girl: oh, GN I guess
Stud
Saints player Walker Jenkins performed heroics when he helped a boy who had fainted during the national anthem at Tuesday night's game. The boy, Lincoln, is doing well and recovered quickly. While he couldn't go back outside to watch the game, he did leave with some team merch. Video courtesy of the St. Paul Saints.
Coach Twinkle Toes, Ed. S retweeted
One of the biggest mistakes I made as a hitter...
I thought hitting was all about my swing.
- If I struggled, I'd fix my swing.
- If I hit a ground ball, I'd fix my swing.
- If I popped the ball up, I'd fix my swing.
Then I got to professional baseball.
After being around Major League hitters, I realized something.
The best hitters weren't obsessed with their swing.
They were obsessed with their operating system.
- They knew what pitch they were hunting.
- They knew what pitches they could drive.
- They knew what type of contact they wanted.
- They had a plan before they ever stepped into the box.
That completely changed how I practiced.
I stopped studying my swing.
I started studying myself as a hitter.
I did this by...
Going to Walmart, bought a notebook, and started tracking everything.
- Every pitch I saw.
- Every swing I took.
- Every ball I hit.
- What I was thinking.
- What I was feeling.
At the end of each week, I'd go back through my notes and look for patterns.
Then I'd build a plan to improve my operating system.
I wasn't trying to build a better swing anymore.
I was trying to build a better hitter.
Because here's one thing I learned from being around Major League hitters:
The swing wasn't the starting point.
It was the result of everything that came before it.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
P.S. - If you enjoyed this and thought it was helpful, please share it.
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Kid is betting on himself!
BREAKING: QB Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech are mutually parting ways, @PeteNakos reports.
Sorsby will not play College Football in 2026.
on3.com/news/brendan-sorsby-…
Baseball advice that many need to hear…
Don’t go to a showcase, until you have a tool to showcase.
Seeing rising juniors throwing in the low 70s ain’t it.
As my son starts HS learning XC/Track recruiting
Very different from ⚾️ and 🏈
Weirdest thing so far is teams put out recruiting “standards” Makes it seem cut and dry Run a sub XX:XX & ur a recruitable runner Except u look at their roster & no 1 on the team ran that time in HS
Coach Twinkle Toes, Ed. S retweeted
Youth sports is on life support.
If you think it’s fine, you’re not paying attention.
Kids age 10-12 are playing way too many tournaments and travel ball. Parents treat it like the World Series. They need less travel, more rest, fueling, and actual development. They’re 12 YO.
The data backs it up:
❌70% of kids drop out of organized sports by age 13.
❌Professionalization (year-round single-sport focus, heavy travel/tournaments) drives overuse injuries, overtraining, and burnout.
❌Nearly 1 in 10 youth athletes experience burnout; up to 35% deal with overtraining.
❌Early specialization before 12-13 raises injury and burnout risks significantly.
Multi-sport kids who rest and play for fun stick around longer and develop better.
Let them be kids. Prioritize recovery, fun, and long-term health over trophies. The best athletes often sample multiple sports early and specialize later.
Who else sees this?
Coach Twinkle Toes, Ed. S retweeted
The #1 predictor of a 90 mph fastball isn’t in your arm.
It’s not your long toss.
It’s not your bullpen count.
It’s not your weighted ball program.
It’s not even your vertical jump.
In a database of 1,500+ professional pitcher evaluations, the single strongest predictor of fastball velocity is a test you can run in your driveway tonight with a tape measure.
The standing broad jump.
Feature importance: 0.575 — higher than grip strength, higher than vertical jump, higher than total body strength, higher than 10-yard sprint.
Here’s what the numbers actually say 👇
📏 80” broad jump → 75 mph ceiling
📏 88” broad jump → 80 mph ceiling
📏 96” broad jump → 85 mph ceiling
📏 102” broad jump → 90 mph ceiling
📏 110” broad jump → 95 mph ceiling
A 2018 PRP Baseball study backed it up: 24 of 28 pitchers who cleared 100” threw 80+ mph. Sakurai et al. (2023) found fastball velocity correlates r=0.65 with drive-leg ground reaction force.
Translation: velocity isn’t thrown by the arm.
It’s launched by the ground.
So the real question isn’t how hard your kid throws today.
It’s how hard he’s CAPABLE of throwing — and what’s standing in the way.
Find out in 60 seconds.
Free. No credit card. Uses the exact same XGBoost model that evaluates MLB prospects, trained on 1,500+ professional evaluations:
🔗 topvelocity.org/velocity-cal…
(link also in bio)
Drop a 🎯 in the comments if you’re going to measure tonight.
Tag a baseball dad who needs to see this.
— Brent Pourciau, M.S. Kinesiology, PhD Health Sciences
20 years. 10,000+ athletes. 100+ MLB draft picks.
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Glynn Academy standout, Jacob Sammis, (@JacobSammis) coming in at 284. A leader with an incredible work ethic and desire to win. A primary shortstop who has shown up to 95 MPH. Can really pick it and swing it at short and shows loud flashes on the mound. #WaveAve
Tough to hit when you don’t know what’s coming
How do you fix strikeouts?
Alex Cora jokes: "I don't know, because I never struck out."
"You're not going to go from 28% strikeout rate to 18%. Impossible... If you've got that hitting coach, let me know. I'll give him my salary and I retire."
@WMUR9 #DirtyWater
