by Dave Franco | Catching, Interview, MLB Clubhouse Convos
Serious catchers out there, listen up! Today we gain some big league catching insight from Blue Jays’ catcher J.P. Arencibia. You might remember the NLB article a little while back with J.P. about hitting and why slumps are all mental. This is a clip with J.P....
by Dave Franco | Coaches Corner, College Recruiting/Scouting
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend several days with Seattle University Coach Donny Harrel in the Dominican Republic. We spent a lot of time on the baseball diamond, and I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with him and talking baseball. (If you meet him, ask...
by Dave Franco | Baseball Tales, Next Level Ballplayer
As some of you guys might know, I had quite the adventure last week when I left the Dominican Republic at 6am, arrived in KC at 3:30pm and went straight to Kauffman Stadium for the 2012 All Star Game… with no ticket. Well, among other things, I ended up getting a...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips, Winning Ballplayer
You’ll hear coaches and hitting gurus say it all the time to hitters: “Keep it simple.” The natural question that follows from the hitter is, “What exactly does that mean?” It can mean a lot of things, from shortening your stride, limiting your pre-pitch bat...
by Dave Franco | Catching, Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, Prospect Perspectives
After interviewing one of the Yankees’ top prospects Mason Williams a few weeks ago, some Next Level Ballplayer followers (from Red Sox Nation) sent me a few “comments”. They “politely” asked me to stop wasting my time with Yankee interviews, and instead, to do...
