by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Winning Ballplayer
Today we get to spend some time with one of the best second basemen in the game who happens to have one of the best personalities in all of sports. Of course, we’re talking about the Reds’ Brandon Phillips. Brandon is in his 11th MLB season...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips
Special thanks to the Mets’ Scott Hairston for hanging out with us today. Scott has enjoyed a nine-year MLB career after being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2001 MLB draft and then making his big league debut in 2003. He is now in his...
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...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Mental Baseball, Next Level Ballplayer, Training Tips, Winning Ballplayer
Every batter spends some time in the on-deck circle before his at-bat. Well, maybe not directly inside the circle (weirdly enough, rarely do players actually stand on the circle), but somewhere in the vicinity. Too often ballplayers go through the motions in the...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Winning Ballplayer
Mets’ third baseman David Wright is one of the premier players in the game today. Despite a down year in 2011, he has burst back into superstardom in 2012. Wright was drafted by the 1st round of the 2001 draft, and since his MLB debut in 2004, he has been a...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, Prospect Perspectives, Uncategorized
This week we are joined by one of the Yankees’ top prospects, Mason Williams. Mason is a speedy center fielder that was a fourth round draft pick by the Yankees in 2010. He’s been a standout prospect ever since. In his first full professional season, Mason hit .349...
