John Creel
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Stuff has taken a major step forward this offseason.
Fastball 94-96 19vb
Cutter+Sweeper mix with a new Changeup.
Career 4.41 affiliate era with a fastball averaging 90-91. Excited to see how the new arsenal plays this season.
@TurnerGivens
@TreadAthletics
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If you throw ball 4 at 100mph there will be plenty of people trying to pay you money to throw more ball 4s.
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If you sit 100 and throw 80% strikes there’s a >50% chance you’re a top 5 pitcher in baseball.
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100% pointless tweet but when I had abs and threw 81 with no offers I was sad.
When I was fat and threw 97 I literally didn’t care about a single thing. Would signal pitches to hitters in my Juco games (don’t do this).
Fueled by Oreos, chocolate milk and Deadlifts.
#fatjohn
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Next time anyone wants to trash an athlete for hitting the transfer portal remember this:
Coaches ditch programs 6 weeks before start of the season and don’t even tell their players.
Everyone on team found out he left through a tweet.
Nice Work.
🚨BREAKING: Long-time former Ohio State HC Greg Beals, who was hired by Akron this past summer, is leaving to become the new head coach at
@HerdBaseball
, sources tell
@d1baseball
. Beals inherits a job with a new ballpark on the way and replaces Jeff Waggoner.
#WeAreMarshall
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Someone who got signed off throwing 100 into a net at a public park is now in the bigs. Just so you know.
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In college we had a reliever who was the guy the year before hit 96-97 first big weekend
0 earned runs and no walks that day
Came in the dugout, coach goes “hey man, that’s really not your game. You’re a 91-92 guy who hits corners”
Dude listened
Career was over 2 years later.
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Sometimes I’ll see guys throwing fuel and wonder how they’re doing it.
Sometimes it makes total sense.
Spencer Strider throwing gas leaves me 0% confused.
Nothing has ever made more sense.
Quadzilla + Absurd Hip Mobility
@SpencerSTRIDer
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Here’s a video of a 35 year old CY Young winner working with a 24 year old as one of his coaches, in case you wanted to claim that your age is why your players don’t respect you.
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It’s crazy that the baseball world saw this type of movement and came to the conclusion that bench press was a bad idea.
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How to reveal you don’t know how 99% of power 5 programs operate in 1 singular tweet:
Not in the world of hurting people.But what has happened at Texas Tech University cutting 6 kids on August 2 and a Freshmen in the schools weight room just not cool.Tim Tadlock Head Coach at TT,obviously all about winning because he obviously doesn’t care about people.
@d1baseball
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“YoU cAnT jUsT cAfFiEnAtE yOuR wAy PaSt PoOr SlEeP”
Blah blah blah watch me.
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If for some reason you ever just didn’t want to play in the big leagues, here’s the in flight dinner menu.
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You will find athletes doing this on every team at every level of professional baseball
Nearly two hours before first game of a doubleheader, here’s
#Braves
3B Austin Riley doing extra work with Wash.
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“I don’t have a throwing partner”
Okay go buy a bucket of balls and yeet them at the backstop from centerfield.
Merry Christmas Eve.
#yearofbeinggood
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Here’s the thing, the caffeine from the red bull won’t even be in his system till the inning is over. So the only adrenaline rush he gets is from slamming that can into his arm. Juco move.
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1 month ago:
- 2 pounds was tiring
- 4 pounds was uncomfortable
Now? 8 Pounds EZPZ, prolly doing 10 tomorrow.
It’s almost like the body adapts.
@TurnerGivens
#Yearofthepec
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One time a bunch of years back I had a one hit zero walk shutout in the last inning and I fell behind in a count 1-0
My coach yelled at me to attack and throw strikes.
Very thankful, would’ve forgotten.
Fun times.
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If anyone ever says I’m not a nice guy.
Just know, I could have.
I didn’t, but you know…
#YearofDeez
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Throw 95 and you’ll get a free glove every year
PSA: Young pitchers, instead of asking for the nicest glove/bat this holiday season, go get a pocket radar for even less $. The best $250 I ever spent for my pitching development. Having a nice glove is cool, but throwing 95 is much cooler. Objective feedback is huge!
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Chapman would roll to the public gym I would sauna at during ST. The very first thing he would always do is the hip adductor/abductor machines.
Hip machines=103
Science
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All I’m saying is there’s a highschool catcher sticking 99 like it’s nothing
Shohei Ohtani, 99.4 mph Fastball (high school)...and fist pump.
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Forbidden Armcare chapter 3.
DB Bicep holds.
2x30seconds/max time whatever you want.
Nothing makes my elbow feel stronger, paired these with a forearm supination hold.
Something’s gotta hold the elbow together.
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I think it’s pretty clear that there isn’t really a purpose for placing SEC superstars in Low A.
No, this doesn’t mean SEC is equal to AA. It’s not close.
Dylan Crews today so far:
3-3, 1B, 2 HR, 2R, 5 RBI
IT’S ONLY THE 4TH INNING 😳
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“Recovery Work” is drinking a gallon of water and sleeping a ton.
Not ripping 15,000 reps of shoulder exercises and frying your shoulder for a week.
Maybe watch Avatar.
S/O
@johnb_sp
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I was cut 2 times in college and benched at my 3rd school. Had 2 surgeries.
There are in reality very few excuses to not give yourself a chance.
Being good fixes almost everything.
Be good.
#Yearofthepec
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FEEL GOOD THREAD:
The season is long, you’re not gonna always feel great. These are things that I do to make various things feel good.
Med Ball wall taps: If the shoulders ever feeling tight/grumpy I always make sure to mix these in. Gets the arm and pec firing.
#yearofthepec
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3 Oreos with every meal is 500-600 easy calories a day. Mix in milk and it’s pushing 1,000.
Easy hack for those that are “full”
Always have room for Oreos.
Weight gain hacks:
- PB & J's
- Trail Mix
- Whole Milk
- Ground Beef
- Eggs
- Cheese
What else?
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Takes a mere 6 months to completely change who you are as an athlete 📈
@TurnerGivens
@TreadAthletics
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Fun Fact:
The day I hit 97 it was about 4 ish PM and all I’d had that morning was 3 chicken biscuits from McDonald’s.
#SeedOilDeez
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Jokes aside: the fact that he willingly does this post ACL recovery is in fact 100% a reason why he’s better than you.
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“Josh Allen got hurt because of his mechanics”
Or because a 300 pound man slammed his arm into the Valgus stress test of a lifetime.
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This catcher is sick
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Free game that no one will take advantage of.
- Gum (I hate myself for sharing this)
- Beet Juice
- Visualization work/ Breath work.
- Throw to a radar gun, problem solve.
- More pec flys.
- Sprint
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Ben Joyce just dotted 101 on the corner and got taken backside for a nuke
Sometimes you just get got
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Don’t you dare train like this guy. Don’t do it.
Trevor Bauer gets $102M for 3 years from Dodgers, per source. He has opt outs after each of the first two years; $40M in 2021, $45M in 2022. He'll be the highest-paid player in MLB history in '21, then again in '22. Good job by
@AgentRachelLuba
& Jon Fetterolf of
@zssports_law
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It’s officially time for HS players to start ramping up and homies keep DMing me their arm hurts.
I am here to help.
Here’s a good formula:
-soft tissue every inch of your body
-make arm stronger
-Throwing volume: sometimes more at lower effort is unlock.
#yearofthepec
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🗣first round picks aren’t underdogs🗣
"Marcus Stroman is the definition of mental toughness; a player who was told by coaches & scouts that he wouldn't make it. He had two choices: let those opinions define him or keep working away and prove them wrong." -
@DiamynHall
on the latest episode of the
@JaysJournal
podcast.
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Why do coaches invite players they don’t like to campus?
I’m very confused
When Brock Purdy visited Alabama, Nick Saban said this to him:
“You’re below average in height. Your arm strength is whatever. Your accuracy is average”
Today, Brock Purdy will become the first QB taken in the 7th round to start in the divisional round
ANYTHING is possible 🔥
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Pro Debut ✅
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Sits upper 90’s and does this.
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Best heaters in over 5 years.
Highest bullpen velo ever.
Still here.
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How important is breaking ball velocity?
Short answer: very
At 80 you have to have a very good profile in order to rate above ML average.
At 85? Almost anything plays.
Almost no way to throw a bad breaking ball harder than 85.
Charts Via
@DrivelineBB
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With everything going on these days it’s really hard to pay attention to the true meaning behind thanksgiving:
Carb loading 10,000 carbs to deadlift the entire house Friday.
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30% effort 95 today.
350mph coming soon
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I would recommend you start ripping your mental skills work now.
Or just wait till you underperform in spring training/ preseason and you’re the last guy out of the pen.
Whatever works for you!
#YearofDAWG
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“If you’re not 93-95 you don’t have a chance at pro ball”
🧢🧢🧢
Was talking about this at Tread today, but there’s WAY more 90-93 getting picked up and paid* in the draft than people think/acknowledge.
It’s easier at 93-95, but there’s tons of dawgs at 90-93.
*Mutes tweet*
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First full season ✅
Health📈📈📈📈
Walks📉📉📉📉
K’s📈
Enjoyment📈📈📈📈
Excited to have a good offseason
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I have been released by the Mariners.
Very thankful for the organization and all the amazing people I got to work with over the last 2 years. A great group of people who I greatly enjoyed being around.
Very pleased with my performance and excited to get back to it with
@TreadHQ
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If you’re a pitcher that struggles with finding the zone, burn this image into your brain. No reason you should be aiming in a spot where >50% of your misses won’t be a strike. Make the odds be in your favor.
@TurnerGivens
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It’s weird having 2 straight years without a College World Series final.
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The “Pitching Lab” gets a lot of Publicity
WF founded the pitching Lab in 2019
Wake Forest was 20-27 in 2021
Hired Corey Muscara
Omaha 2 years later and Muscara wins Coach of the Year.
It’s almost *Never* about resources.
It’s about Coaching
Sublime outing for Chase Burns.
Against an elite Duke team, he racks up a career high 14 K’s over 6 shutout innings.
That pitching lab has yielded immediate results. Burns is playing his way as not only the first arm off the board, but top 5 overall
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Might be a hot take:
Most athletes don’t deserve the extra mile from their coach/trainer. If you just roll through everything and don’t take care of your stuff on your own there is 0 reason for your coach to go the extra mile. You have to earn your trainer caring about you.
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Recovery work?
You mean a double carne asada burrito and Fairlife chocolate milk?
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When I squat excessively average weight but do it with full depth and good tempo:
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How many times do I have to watch this before my body knows to do this?
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Totally allowed and not forbidden in any way Arm-care chapter 1:
Supination iso holds. 2x1min/max
I throw tons of sliders. Throwing sliders puts the arm in supination.
I should be strong in supination to carry the stress of throwing mucho sliders.
#yearoftheforearm
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Remember: mobility is strength in range of motion. Not just flexibility
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About a year ago: I worked through some nerve irritation. And the 🐐 himself
@TPhillips_DPT
gave me this KB arm bar variation.
This helped my nerve by clearing up the tightness in my neck/collarbone area. I’m no doc, but whenever I show this to someone it has helped.
#goseeterry
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Today I tried to explain to a 10 year old that swinging and missing is better than weak contact when you don’t have 2 strikes and he legitimately thinks I’m lying to him.
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This happened in less than 2 years... just don't give up kids. Yipped at 81➡️ strikes in mid 90's
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Why do I do almost all of my plyo throws off the mound now?
I ripped this on flat and then proceeded to be 91 with a baseball on the mound.
“You don’t make any money on flat ground”- a wise man
#YearofthePec
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Sticky stuff is so back
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Being old is explaining to wife why tarp pull is the worst and a traumatic event for many.
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Want to ruin your career?
Always find things to complain about.
Can’t be present, can’t commit to the moment and always looking to be mad.
I see this everywhere, it actively ruins people.
You’re always one click away from things being better.
Don’t matta. Gas Pedal 24/7.
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I was told “driveline isn’t possible in a team setting”
Then we played Vandy, got swept and struck out 45 times in 3 games.
Don’t worry, they use it now🤷🏼♂️
Shoutout to athletes who were the first to use weighted ball programs and had to endure being called “gimmick guys”. They went from gimmick to the standard.
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It would be disrespectful to Taylor Swift if I didn’t deadlift 4 plates today.
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It’s odd to me we think we can improve command without high rep work.
Every other sport where accuracy is paramount rips thousands of reps.
last summer I would rip 100 pitch bullpens three times a week at like 80% effort.
Walks down 70%
Strike % up 18%
Pitchers
I implore you to please explore high volume, lower intensity bullpens. Often is your friend.
Myelination is a real thing. Patterns get smoother, fluid, and faster the more you run through them.
Velo gains ✅
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6 Months with the boys over at Tread and I completely changed the player I am, forever grateful!
2022 season loading ✍️
Give it up for our guy
@JohnEcreel
, who signed with the
@mariners
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PC:
@TurnerGivens
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Mixing in something new here.
One thing I did really well when I threw hard was delaying rotation till the last second.
Hold tension closed with the glove side and then fire out of it.
Edwin Diaz is an unreal example of this.
Feeling good, off the mound again on Monday.
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I throw 2 pitches that get tagged as sliders.
One is 79 with up to 26 inches of horizontal break.
One is 86 with about 5 inches of horizontal break.
Prolly gonna need two different classifications
Sharkman & I are in agreement:
We’re ready to vomit over this “sweeper” craze in MLB broadcasting.
Who died & gave a few bored weenies the power to create a new pitch last winter?
It’s a slider, dammit.
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Transferred twice and lost so much academically I only made it out with a Masters Degree 😢😢😢
@JohnEcreel
Be quiet john creel, a student should not be able to transfer that quickly. Damage to the academic facet is too great; moreover, if the budding athlete is that "good" WHY WASTE TIME AT AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION---go directly to employment as a professional athlete. Selfish idish
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Possibly the biggest advantage of throwing harder is the improvement it provides for your offspeed
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Black Ball Roll Ins ✅
Pink Ball Step Back✅
Highest ever bullpen velocity ✅
Highest Average Velocity ever ✅
Don’t be a coward, embrace the heavy plyo.
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Over the years, a lot of dudes have hit me up asking questions about Yips/Performance anxiety.
There are a few things I think almost everyone can benefit from, yipped or not.
Most of the time, these things stem from a lack of perspective.
An elusive John Creel 🧵🧵⬇️
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If throwing poorly doesn’t feel like pure agony/defeat then you really just don’t care enough.
All the good players I know are mad for at least like 15 minutes.
Onward.
Next week I got you
@HadenErbe
🫡
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98 or go sell insurance.
(No shade to insurance salesmen/saleswomen)
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The only drill that guarantees you’ll throw 90 is the one where you take a baseball and throw it 90 from the mound
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