Biomechanist and Sport Scientist, PhD, consulting to National and Professional teams - based in Adelaide, Australia
Joined October 2009
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This captures why I find orgs with huge upside really attractive.
Low budget? Find a solution.
Stagnant development? Find a solution.
History of underperformance? Find a solution.
Make a difference.
The Angels are on the cusp of a renaissance. Their first calls could send a message. Column, unlocked and free to read. nytimes.com/athletic/7749279…
Love that feeling when you're starting to connect up all the dots on an idea that's been floating around for a few weeks.
Though there's probably some personal bias coming through. I am drawn to the do more with less / high upside roles..
teapawt.org/alecbuttfield/status/2…
Seen a few of these jobs come up lately.
Rockies Head of High Peformance
teamworkonline.com/baseball-…
Giants Director, Integrated Performance
linkedin.com/jobs/view/44847…
IMO these are hugely influential and exciting jobs in modern baseball, no matter what org it is with
Seen a few of these jobs come up lately.
Rockies Head of High Peformance
teamworkonline.com/baseball-…
Giants Director, Integrated Performance
linkedin.com/jobs/view/44847…
IMO these are hugely influential and exciting jobs in modern baseball, no matter what org it is with
One thing I love about the World Series broadcast is the quality of the camera work, and the number of unique angles that typically are only available to Major League Orgs.
There was a really neat overhead comparison in G5 that showed some fun things about the rear foot drag 🧵
Clearly this is completely unintentional, they're adaptations the body has made to find a movement that gets the required outcome.
It could be a hangover of something that worked in the past, or a comment by a trusted voice, it's a real chicken and egg question
Alec Buttfield retweeted
It was 16 whiffs, actually, and a team whiffed at 16 pitches or less in 2,232 games over the course of this season and the playoffs. baseballsavant.mlb.com/statc…
How is this possible?
During last night's World Series Game 3 on October 26, 2026, the Milwaukee Brewers saw 175 pitches and only swung and missed 13 times.
The odds of this occurring in a modern Major League Baseball game are incredibly slim, reflecting an elite contact rate of roughly 92.6% on swings. In today's high-velocity, high-spin environment, a typical MLB team averages a whiff rate of about 24% to 26% per game.
Holding a Major League pitching staff to just 13 total swinging strikes over 175 pitches is a statistical anomaly, demonstrating a hyper-disciplined approach at the plate that propelled them to a dominant 10-1 victory over the Rays.
With his World Series debut, there's been a few posts about Junior Caminero's time playing winterball in the ABL as a 19yo.
It was an absolute exhibition of power hitting, but it wasn't just Caminero in that Perth Heat team that was causing damage 🧵
True to their name: 🔥 start for the @PerthHeat!
Junior Caminero lasers a double to put Perth up early.
It's 2-0 after the first. #ABL23
We (the Adelaide Giants) had some epic contests with that Heat lineup, culminating in a very memorable 3 game Championship Series.
youtu.be/r7cKNHXcC0M?si=bbxj…
In the end, we did something pretty special.
So many things need to go right to win a championship, and they just happened to fall our way that weekend.
youtu.be/7V0VDX9GdFw?si=QopC…
