Driveline R&D Podcast
by Anthony Brady
Driveline Research & Drinks. A round table discussion about research and development at Driveline Baseball hosted by Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley. Insights to navigating this new technology-rich baseball world and how we think about things within R&D at Driveline, while also throwing back a few of our favorite brews.
Episodes
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Jeremy Tecktiel on How Driveline Revolutionizing Youth Academy Baseball Training | R&D Pod #99
Fun episode this week that gets into the nitty gritty of one of Driveline's fastest growing products - Driveline Academy! Had Jeremy Tecktiel, Asst Dir of Dirveline Academy (past TRAQ Project Manager for the software heads in audience!), come on and talk the tradeoff of teaching kids to throw and...
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Tanner Stokey, Andrew Aydt, Josh Herzenberg: Driveline MLB Hitting Success & Inventing Smash Factor Balls! #98
Banger quad epi when ya boi wasn't on the edge of his seat trying to get into frame (made a snap decision on not messing around with the camera and was running low on time, plus figured Aydt, Stokey and Herzie were good looking enough to man the stage) -- we talked about a loooot of goodies from...
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Chris Langin on Driveline Training 50 MLB Pitchers, Rule Changes & Sweepers! Driveline R&D Pod #97
Had Driveline's new Director of Pitching, Chris Langin, on to talk how much the MLB Product has exploded, the overall department growth and responsibilities that come with being a Director, what pitchers are saying about the pitch clock and its effects + just how popular the Sweeper is going to...
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Mitch Viydo | Driveline, Mariners, Seattle Studs | Are MLB Rule Changes Good For Fan Interest? | #96
Had Mitch Viydo, past Driveline trainee and Player Development Coordinator and Chief of Immaculate Training Floor Vibes. Shot the shit talking about his cup with the MS, winning the NBC World Series with the Seattle Studs, the upcoming rule changes (chatter puts the D more than the R in Research…
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Maxx Garrett - Modern Catcher Training | Framing Research | OG CR Stories | DL Research & Drinks #95
Had the legend Gary on -- will fill out this description more and drop timestamps when I'm not running late to a rendezvous (aka Tuesday morning). But v fun one talking about the research we've done on catcher framing, how Driveline trains catchers, the changing perception on catchers…
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Jason Leib (MMAI Analytics) -- UFC Fighter Pay, Jon Jones Career Deep Dive, UFC 285 | DL R&D Pod #94
A bit of a different pod this week -- had my friend and colleague-in-data Jason Lieb of MMAI Fight Analytics, or the early Driveline (data-driven disruptor) of MMA on. Jason's been leading the drive on investigative journaling in the seedy world of the fight business as well as deep data dives in...
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Josh Hejka | AAA NYM Sidearmer, Rehabbing TJer, DL R&D Employee -- DL Research & Drinks Episode 93
Had the homie Josh Hejka on, victim of a Franchy Cordero 116+ EV batted ball, along with all the other current titles he holds in the title of this episode. Hejka's one of the smartest, most self-aware players I know, chill af to sit down with him and hear him riff bluntly on the state of…
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Wass & Cara Talk Upcoming SABR Presentation, Recent Sports Sci Models | R&D Podcast Episode 92
Had Kyle Wasserberg (Driveline Principal Sports Scientist) on -- talked new direction of sports science, the new intern class, Driveline markerless biomechanics sabermetric models, and the upcoming SABR presentation (March 11; Phoenix, AZ) as well as a recent conference presentation Wass hit last...
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Return of the Driveline Research & Drinks Pod????
Well...changing of the guard :cry-emjo:. Ya boi is manning this pod w/o his past vaunted co-hosts, let's see how this ish goes! First episode back had the new heads of Driveline R&D: Kyle Boddy, Max Engelbrekt, and Garrett York. Talked shift in vision and focus of both the pod and Driveline...
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Weighted Ball Variation Training | Bill Hezel and David Besky | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 90
Episode 90 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Alex Harter and Max Engelbrekt! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Today we have Director of Pitching Bill Hezel and Coordinator of Player Development Analytics David...
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Latin America Player Dev'l | Armando Benavides, Max Dutto, Juan Rodriguez | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 89
With a couple guests/host replacements: Armando Benavides, Max Dutto and Juan Rodriguez! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Caravan and Juan got invited by Armando on a Latin Baseball podcast a couple months ago so we had to return the favor when Armando was in town! (Said podcast link is...
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MEET THE INTERNS SUMMER 2022 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 88
Episode 88 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With a couple guests: Meet the Interns Summer 2022 Interns!! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Got a bunch of the Driveline R&D Summer Interns -- Ethan Siegel, Alfredo Suarez and Jean An from Data...
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Vicram Kotecha | Sports Data Engineering | Stanley Cup Avs | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 87
Episode 87 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Vicram Kotecha! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Timestamps 0:00 Intros 1:04 Vic's background and UK v US 7:00 How Vic found Driveline 11:00 Vic shoots his shot for...
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Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo | Evolution of Sabermetrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 86
Episode 86 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Banger episode as Caravan, Boddy and Marek riff about the current state of sabermetrics in baseball,...
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Alex Harter | How Middlebury Broke all the DIII Baseball Records | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 85
Episode 85 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Alex Harter and Max Engelbrekt! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Today Middlebury pitching coach Alex Harter joined us as a guest as well as Max Engelbrekt as a...
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Tanner Stokey and Andrew Aydt | Progressions to Improve Bat Path | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 84
Episode 84 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Andrew Aydt and Tanner Stokey! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Director of Hitting Tanner Stokey and Hitting Coordinator Andrew Aydt joined us on the podcast to…
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Balancing Weight Room and Skills Training | Individualizing Athlete Needs | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 83
Episode 83 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Brice Crider and Juan Rodriguez! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... High performance trainer Brice Crider and throwing trainer Juan Rodriguez came on the pod today and chatted all things...
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Alyson 'Infield Fly Girl' Mitchell | CPBL Funnest ⚾ League In the World? | Driveline R&D Pod Epi 82
Episode 82 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Alyson Mitchell! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... We got InfieldFlyGrl aka the Commissioner of the Aggressively Online Baseball League on this one soooo the boys sit back and learn…
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What is Ben Joyce's Wins Above Replacement?? | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 81
Episode 81 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ The boys wil' out in this one! We talk about the big R&D ambitions and behind the scene work on a lot of PULSE/tracking tech paired data and how...
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Bill Hezel | Driveline Pitching: MLB, Command+, In-Season Monitoring | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 80
Episode 80 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Bill Hezel Our Director of Pitching, Bill Hezel, joins us and we talk what put Driveline on the map originally -- some daggum excellent athlete results. Bill talks navigating the complexities…
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The Ben (Jones) & (Jared) Jerry (Skolnicki) Epi | Sports Sci Research | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 79
Episode 79 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With (double) guests: Ben Jones & Jared Skolnicki Sports Science heavy one -- Cara's out of the picture so the gluttonous co-hosts got down with a Ben&Jerry's pint race, while talking Ben and Jerry's...
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Joe 'Yabin' Marsh | The Beginning of Driveline R&D | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 78
Episode 78 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Joe Marsh This one is a loooose one -- we got one of the Driveline OG Legends and our ex boss on, Joe Marsh. Yabin talks about meeting Boddy a decade ago, going from 77 to 90 mph*, building the...
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John Soteropulos | Applying Hitting Sabermetrics, Motion Capture, Tech | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 77
Episode 77 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: John Soteropulos A long-overdue Hitting Training episode! John Soteropulos, Hitting Trainer at Driveline who masquerades as a **filthy** pick-up b-ball player, talks about his own playing…
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Connor White | The Future of Data Driven High Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 76
Episode 76 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Connor White A long-overdue HP episode! Connor White, HP Trainer at Driveline that also masquerades as an active flamethrowing indy baller, gets DEEP into the nuances of our force plate driven...
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Just The Boyz | Energy Flow + Broad Jump, Lateral Bound Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 75
Episode 75 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! No guests, kept this one preeeeeetty loose ;) More focused on internal updates this episode, we ended up talking recent research coming from the sports science department, from energy flow calculations to...
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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...
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Brandon Mann | 18 Year Pro: MLB, NPB, CPBL | OG DL Trainee to DL Trainer | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 73
Episode 73 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Brandon Mann Had new Driveline Pitching Trainer Brandon Mann on the pod today to talk about a 15 year pro career culminating in his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2018. Brandon talks about the…
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David Besky & Kyle Wasserberger | Applied v Academic Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 72
Episode 72 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With two guests: David Besky & Kyle Wasserberger! Today we had both Besky and Wass on the show (Lindley got cold feet aka was in NorCal for his b-day). Possibly our most research-y pod yet we did not hold...
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Eric Jagers 2 | New Age Player Dev'l | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 71
Episode 71 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Eric Jagers! Today we had Eric Jagers on the show, in a return appearance to the pod (first time in studio though!). The boyzzzz discuss a wide range of topics from old training stories to...
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Nick Martinez | Tracking Workload in the Big Leagues with PULSE | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 70
Episode 70 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Nick Martinez! Today we had special guest Nick Martinez on the show, professional pitcher in the MLB and NPB (Texas Rangers, Nippon Ham Fighters, and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks We talked about how...
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Can Brady throw 94 this year? | Plyo Velo tips | The Latest PULSE Research | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 69
Episode 69 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! No guest today, just the squad. 2 years of the podcast, crack one open for the 69th episode with the boys. Here's to 69 more! Today we talked about: - Brady's offseason training (aka Cliff Holmes - tips on...
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Eno Sarris - The New Frontier of Biomechanics | Barry Bonds HOF Voting | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 68
Episode 68 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Eno Sarris! https://twitter.com/enosarris on Twitter Today we had special guest Eno Sarris on the show, baseball sports writer for the athletic. Now it's been back to back returning guest...
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Jason Ochart - MLB Hitting Adjustability | Aspects of Elite Coaching | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 67
Episode 67 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Jason Ochart! https://twitter.com/JasonOchart on Twitter Today we had special guest Jason Ochart on the show, Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies. Another longer...
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Max Dutto - Driveline Director of Player Development | Future of Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 66
Episode 66 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Max Dutto! https://twitter.com/MaxDutto_ on Twitter Today we had special guest Max Dutto on the show, Director of Hitting at Driveline Baseball. We talked a lot about some of the...
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Chris Langin - Driveline Analytics Course | Taking Risks for Big League Potential | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 65
Episode 65 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Chris Langin! @LanginTots13 on Twitter Today we had special guest Chris Langin on the show, one of the most analytical coaches we've had in the pitching department. So much so that he created…
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WE'RE BACK BABY | ABCA 2022 Thoughts | Rachel Balkovec MILB Manager | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 64
Episode 64 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! It's been a minute since we had the whole gang back together. Finally got around to recording a podcast for you all. Looking to get these out more regularly as we find time in our hectic schedules, make…
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MEET THE INTERNS ROUND 2 | Driveline R&D Pod Ep. 63
Episode 63 of the Driveline R&D Podcast, round two of the intern series. This week we chatted with the rest of the 2021 summer interns that were not able to make it to the first intern series episode. Don't need much of an intro for these folks, and the episode starts with a bit of a cold open so...
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MEET THE INTERNS | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 62
Episode 62 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Episode 62 of the Driveline R&D Podcast, Caravan and Lindley bring you a special episode. This week we sat down with all of our on-site R&D interns to hear a little about their backgrounds and hear about...
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Driveline PULSE - Throwing Workload Management | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 61
Live Episode 61 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Episode 61 of the Driveline R&D Podcast coming back from the dead talking about our latest product launch, Driveline PULSE. Lindley and Caravan get deep into weeds on what PULSE is. For those who…
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How to Get a Job in Baseball | Predicting Fastball Velocity and Bat Speed | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 60
Episode 60 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we talk about completing this year's spring and summer hiring and what things we look for in potential candidates. We also dive in to our predicted fastball velocity and bat speed models, and address...
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Noah Thurm - 2021 Sabermetrics | Learning Analytics | Pitching w/ Pine Tar | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 59
Episode 59 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Noah Thurm! @thurminator13 on twitter Today we had special guest Noah Thurm on the show, a young baseball operations phenom. We talked about why Barry Bonds deserves to be in the hall of fame,...
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SABR Recap | Analytics Bad for Baseball? | Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 58
Episode 58 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we did a long recap of the 2021 SABR seminar, talked about a commentary piece on how analytics are good for surgery but apparently bad for baseball, new lab upgrades and going back on some nuances...
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Vanderbilt Baseball AA Team? | Shortened Arm Actions | Youth Coachisms | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 57
Episode 57 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! D1Baseball Podcast with Alex and his college baseball snake draft: https://d1baseball.com/podcasts/d1baseball-driveline-podcast-the-cwar-draft/ Today we talked about whether the Vandyboys or any powerhouse...
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Rachel Luba - Using Data in Free Agency | How to Grow Your Social Media | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 56
Episode 56 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we talked about how players and agents can use data to illustrate their value, how Trevor investing in R&D has helped him in his negotiations and how teams have responded to it, the importance of...
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Michael Ressler - Comparing Baseball Techs | Biomechanics Resources | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 55
Episode 55 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we talked about the baseball technology environment, important considerations for comparing measurements between different products and different labs, what Mike is most excited about between the...
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Athlete Biomechanics Meeting | How to Interpret Driveline Biomechanics Reports | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 54
Episode 54 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! This week on Episode 54 of the Driveline R&D podcast we have something a little different for you guys. We have a recording of a biomechanics meeting from an athlete who recently assessed in our…
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EDGE Reports in 2021 | Biomechanics Data Nuances | Weighted Ball Study | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 53
Episode 53 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! From Driveline HQ This week the hosts talk about updates to EDGE reports coming in the first quarter of 2021, the recently published weighted ball study and where you can find that if you are interested…
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Last Year in Review | 1-Year Anniversary | What's in Store for 2021 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 52
Episode 52 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! From Driveline HQ On this week's episode of the Driveline R&D podcast episode, the boys talk about the year in review, what we are excited about for the coming year and what being back in the facility…
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Dean Jackson - How the Throw Works | Improving Sleep | Baseball Training | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 51
Live Episode 51 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Dean Jackson @doublexcanflex on twitter Today we talked about how having experience as a competitive pitcher helps and hurts a coach's ability to train an athlete, how important sleep is…
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Taiki Green - Driveline Roots | Watch Momentum | Trevor Bauer | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 50
Episode 50 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Taiki Green @itstaiki on twitter Today we talked about how Taiki got introduced to Driveline and a lot about how Driveline has changed over the years, how Taiki's role changed not only during…
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About this show
Driveline Research & Drinks. A round table discussion about research and development at Driveline Baseball hosted by Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley. Insights to navigating this new technology-rich baseball world and how we think about things within R&D at Driveline, while also throwing back a few of our favorite brews.
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Anthony Brady