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 | 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...
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...
