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How Bad Grades Cost You A Ton of Money (MLB Agent Explains)

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Is Your Son Burned Out on Baseball—or Does He Need a Break?

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What Year-Round Throwing Is Doing to Your Son's Arm (MLB Agent)

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Why the Coach's Kid Plays Over Yours (An MLB Agent Explains)

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The Line In An MLB's Scouting Manual Most Parents Never See

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The One Question That Tells You If Summer Baseball Was Worth The Money

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How to Avoid Wasting Money on the Wrong Travel Baseball Program

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What 25 Years As An Agent Taught Me About Travel Baseball

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Stop Looking for the "Best" Travel Baseball Team. Find the Right One.

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Before You Talk to Your Son's Coach, Watch This

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Travel Baseball Is a Tool, But Only If You Know How to Use It

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What You Say After the Game Is Hurting Your Son

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MLB Wants to End the High School Draft. What It Means for Your Son

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Travel Baseball Can Cost You More Than Money

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Is a Travel Team Really Necessary?

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The Hidden Negotiation Behind Your MLB Signing Bonus

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Danny Espinosa: How a big leaguer would develop your kid

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How You Act in the Stands Affects Your Son's Draft Stock (An MLB Agent Explains)

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The Car Ride Home Is Killing Your Son's Game (An MLB Agent Explains)

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Why Your Son Doesn't Want to Practice Anymore (An MLB Agent's Honest Answer)

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Stop Paying for Exposure — Your 11-Year-Old Doesn't Need It

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The Goal Isn't To Be the Best 8-Year-Old — It's To Be the Best 18-Year-Old

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Almost Every MLB Player I Work With Has the Same Wound — And It's Their Dad

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Why 50 Travel Ball Games + 50 Practices Beats 100 Games

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No D1 Offers? What You're Really Getting Wrong About D1 Recruiting

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Travel Baseball: How Many Games Is Too Many for Your Son? | MVA Podcast

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Your 10-Year-Old Doesn't Need Year-Round Baseball (An MLB Agent Explains Why)

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Stop Coaching Your Son From the Stands (Do This Instead) | MLB Agent Advice

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"Stop Making It About Yourself" — What Every Baseball Parent Needs to Hear

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MLB Agent Q&A: Off-Season Work Ethic, Playing Time & Contract Negotiation Secrets

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Your Son Is Being Recruited? A Deputy AD Explains How College Baseball NIL Really Works

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Your Signing Bonus Means NOTHING to MLB Teams — Here's What Actually Matters

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The Arm Injury Crisis: How to Counter Rising Arm Injuries with Proven Mechanics

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Raising a Ballplayer in a Big-League Home

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Don't Let an Injury Ruin Their Financial Future

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Why Most Pro Athletes Go Broke - Avoid This Wealth Management Mistake

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The Biggest Gamble of Austin Riley's Career.

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Stop Being the Fixer - How to Truly Empower Your Son's Baseball Career

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What I See as a College Softball Coach and the Dad of the #1 Prospect in Baseball

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The Truth About Baseball Development (According To MLB Scouts)

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3 Steps To Fix the Parent-Player Relationship In Youth Baseball

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Choosing The RIGHT Travel Baseball Team - What You Need To Consider

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What Players REALLY Keep: The Shocking Truth About MLB Taxes & NIL Money

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MLB GM Secrets: The Part They Don't Share with Fans

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The Most Dangerous Part of the Agent Business

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How Setbacks Shape Champions: The Untold Side of Making It to the Big Leagues

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The Dream That Predicted My World Series Win - MLB's Brian Wilson

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The #1 Mistake Travel Ball Parents Make

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The Real Game Behind the Game: Sports Agent Life, Marriage, and Fulfillment

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The Ultimate Travel Baseball Guide (Part 2): The Hidden Truth of Travel Baseball

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How Parents Can Make Smart Decisions in The Chaos of Travel Baseball

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Travel Baseball Kids Need to Play, Fail, and Get Better

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Athletic Ability Isn't Enough. Who Are You When Performance Fails?

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Train Your Brain for the Big Leagues: Mastering Mental Execution in Travel Baseball

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Stop Gambling With Your Kid's Future

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College Baseball Coaches: How to Develop Men, Not Just Athletes

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Top 5 Traits Travel Ball Players Must Have

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The Dark Side of NIL Contracts: How Athletes Get Trapped

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Travel Baseball: How Your Son's Response Will Shape His Future

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From Travel Ball to Pro Ball: Former All-Star on What Parents Need to Know

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Inside the Draft: A Scouting Director's Message to Travel Ball Parents

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SEC Recruiting Myths Busted: What Matters To A College Baseball Coach

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The Dad Effect: How Travel Ball Parenting Limits Future Big Leaguers

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CBA Baseball's Formula for Success: From Travel Ball to the Big Leagues

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One Last Shot At MLB: Anthony Banda's Journey to The World Series

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More Than Travel Ball: Michael Garciaparra's Blueprint for College & Pro Baseball Development

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Navigating Youth Travel Baseball in 2025 - Truths You Need To Hear

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Baseball Parents Ask… I Answer: Honest Advice on Development, Recruiting & the Draft

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Travel Ball With a Purpose: How Excel Baseball Academy Does It Different

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Inside the MLB Combine: What Scouts Really Look For with Trevor Haley

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450 MLB Draft Picks: Inside the Canes Baseball Dynasty

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How Baseball Cards Build Early-Career Equity: What Baseball Families Should Know

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The MLB Star Nobody Saw Coming: Mauricio Dubón's Underdog Story

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The Truth About Draft Day: What Parents and Players Get Wrong

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Inside the Mind of an MLB GM: Zack Scott on Draft Strategy, Data & Developing Big Leaguers

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Here's What MLB Scouts Actually Look For (It's Not What You Think)

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The Spirit of the Game ft. Johan Martinez-Khalilian

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Train Like a Top Draft Pick—The Habits of Baseball's Best Teens

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The Million Dollar Question: Sign Now or Go to College?

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Travel Team Spotlight: Inside 5 Star National with Andy Burress

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Getting the Most from Your Agent at Every Stage of Your Career

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Tony Clark on Player Power, Purpose, and the Future

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Pitch Smarter, Not Harder: MLB Lessons with Tyler Zombro

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How Kurt Suzuki Beat the Odds: College Baseball, Mental Toughness & the Big Leagues

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How Kurt Suzuki Went from Walk-On to World Series Champion

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He Coached His Son to the MLB Draft—Craig Holman on What Really Matters

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MLB Draft or College? – Auburn Coach Karl Nonemaker on Choosing the Right Path

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The Mental Trick That Made Sean Casey an MLB All-Star

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Johan Martinez-Khalilian's Life-Changing Advice to Conquer Fear & Unlock Your True Purpose

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Inside Athlete Marketing: NIL, Branding & Baseball's Future with Adidas' Charley Stobbs

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Tyler Zombro on Pitching Development, Data Analytics, and Navigating the Business of Baseball

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Opportunities Over Excuses: KC Royals Hitting Coach, Keoni DeRenne's, Message to Young Baseball Players

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Kurt Suzuki: From College Walk-On to World Series Champion, Assistant to the GM, and Travel Baseball Coach Part 2

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Kurt Suzuki: From College Walk-On to World Series Champion, Assistant to the GM, and Travel Baseball Coach Part 1

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The Unconventional Path to a 2X Major League Baseball World Series Champion with Jonny Gomes Part 2

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The Unconventional Path to a 2X Major League Baseball World Series Champion with Jonny Gomes, Part 1

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How to Get Recruited: Inside College Baseball with Auburn's Karl Nonemaker

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The Science and Soul of Hitting: Personal Big League Hitting Coach Benny Craig on Mindset, Mechanics, and Development

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How Your Son Can Become More Valuable in the MLB Draft with the National Crosschecker for the New York Yankees, Mike Wagner

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Dallas Braden on How to Get to the Big Leagues When You're Not a Top Prospect

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