Paul Davis 2019 Seattle Mariners MLB Pitching Coach, Current Braves Minor League Pitching Coordinator: Paul brings a lot to the table on pitching, science, movement patterns, analytics, psychology and more.
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Paul Davis (born 1964) is the pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the manager of pitching analytics for the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Davis was head coach at Dana College from 1995 to 1999, where he was twice named Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference coach of the year. He was the pitching coach for the Johnson City Cardinals in 2013 and 2014 before becoming the Cardinals Assistant Minor League Pitching Coordinator in 2016 and 2017.[2]
He played high school baseball at Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida and college ball at Valencia Community College and Creighton University.[2]
Things discussed:
What do pitchers do now in the shut down to be ready for short spring training and real game situations.
How would you handle your pitching staff when the season reopens, at all levels.
Throwing is throwing.
Every thrower has same anatomy and structure.
Throwers must learn to rotate properly and the drills to help them feel it and do it.
Pitchers are throwers who throw downhill.
Discuss stride length, important, adds power?
Late compared to early release.
How much the head play a part in throwing properly.
Starters vs relievers when it comes to after pitching, to recover, before they pitch again, if a starter a routine from the next day till they start.
Hinge, Ride and Rotate. High School pitchers who play positions, a throwing routine for them.
The youth player does he throw enough, they can throw everyday? and so much more.
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