Rapsodo Baseball Podcast
Seth and BP take you behind the scenes at Rapsodo and welcome guests from across the baseball world, including MLB players, coaches, and influencers to talk all things baseball, data, and life.
Episodes
42 episodes
Stephen Schoch Shares his Baseball Journey and talks College World Series, Dippin Dots, & Hot Dogs
The Big Donkey aka Stephen Schoch of D1 Baseball joins the 2nd episode this season and left us with a hilarious interview. We dove into his experience with the transfer portal and how he ended up at Virginia. His stories continued ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Pitching Ninja Previews MLB Pitchers for 2024 Season
Welcome back to the Rapsodo Baseball Podcast. In our relaunch of the podcast, Rob Friedman AKA The Pitching Ninja joins the show to talk about his recent trip to Spring Training , what his takeaways were as well as looking ahead to this 2024 ML...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:42
Florida Gators Assistant David Kopp Talks Player Development
David Kopp is in his first year on the University of Florida coaching staff. Previously he was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Florida Atlantic. In this episode of the Rapsodo Baseball Podcast, David talks to Seth and BP about ...
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34:25
Replay: Miles Mikolas on Building an Arsenal and Hitting Spots
Seth and BP discuss Rapsodo Team Memberships then throw it back to our 2020 interview with St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas. In this interview Miles talks about how he built and refined the arsenal that made him a successful MLB starte...
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41:56
Rapsodo Hitting OG Rick Strickland
Few hitting instructors understand data and analytics like Rick Strickland. In this episode, Rick talks about his career in the game, how golf launch monitors changed the way he trained baseball players, and how he uses Rapsodo to help hitters ...
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33:05
Kevin Poppe of Dynamic Sports Training
Kevin Poppe is the owner of Dynamic Sports Training (DST) in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Kevin sits down with Seth and BP to talk about what it's like to see his athletes get drafte...
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44:36
Kevin Pillar Has Some Thoughts On Spider Tack
Hours after his 11th inning home run in Cincinnati, New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar chatted with Seth and BP about how professional hitters are using technology to their advantage, and shared his thoughts on Major League Baseball's midsea...
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46:08
Baseball America's JJ Cooper Previews The MLB Draft
Baseball America's JJ Cooper chats with BP about the upcoming MLB Draft. They discuss the impact COVID had on scouting, a potentially historic crop of high school shortstops, and the ways data will impact what front offices value in future draf...
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1:00:11
Previewing the MLB Draft Combine
Rapsodo's Analytics Manager, Nicholas Rossini, joins the podcast to preview the upcoming MLB Draft Combine. Nicholas dives into his deep well of RapScore knowledge to highlight six players - three pitchers and three hitters - to keep an eye on....
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33:30
Replay: Eric Jagers Talks Pitch Design and Driveline
Seth and BP talk a lot of pitch design on the podcast. Since most of those conversations include a reference to their 2020 interview with Eric Jagers of the Cincinnati Reds and Driveline, we thought it was worth sharing again for newer listener...
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52:21
A Real-Time Pitching Assessment
Last week, a parent sent a PDF of his son's Rapsodo Pitching Report to Seth and BP and asked them to evaluate the data and give some advice. In this week's episode, they break down that player's report, explain what his data says about his arse...
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45:16
The Data Scouts Want To See
Seth and BP are back in the Rapsodo office to discuss last weekend's PDP Premier Northeast event at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and how young players are asking better questions about their data. Then they share five important data bench...
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33:45
Kyle Wright Talks Pitch Design
The Atlanta Braves selected Kyle Wright with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 draft. In this must-listen episode for pitchers and pitching coaches, Kyle talks to Seth and BP about being introduced to Rapsodo while pitching at Vanderbilt, and ...
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45:40
Art Chou on Mobile Launch Monitor, Coach Connect, and The Masters
You already know your favorite MLB team uses Rapsodo Hitting and Pitching units, but you might not realize how many of their coaches and players use Rapsodo's Mobile Launch Monitor (MLM) on the golf c...
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43:05
Behind The Scenes at Spring Training
Seth and BP share a unique view of Spring Training. The guys detail their experience working with MLB clubs, share stories about their favorite complexes and interactions, and talk about how the approach to data and technology has evolved in re...
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37:31
Elizabeth Benn on Creating Opportunities for Women in Baseball
Elizabeth Benn is Senior Coordinator of Baseball Operations with Major League Baseball, where she plays a major role in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her work includes MLB's Take the Field initiative, which aims to create job opportunities ...
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28:15
Deven Morgan on Youth Baseball and Driveline Academy
Deven Morgan is the Director of Youth Baseball at Driveline, where he helped create the company's Youth Development certification and, this year, launched the Driveline Academy. In this episode, ...
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55:09
Baseball America's Carlos Collazo Talks Scouting
Carlos Collazo is a national writer for Baseball America who covers recruiting, prospects, and the MLB Draft. He joined Seth and BP to talk about the short and long term impacts of COVID on scouting and how data and video can help players and c...
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45:00
John Lampros On Using Data To Train Young Hitters
John Lampros is a hitting instructor and the owner of Two-Five Baseball in California. In this episode of the Rapsodo Baseball Podcast, he joins Seth and BP to talk about his data-driven approach to training hitters, when and how to incorporate...
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47:08
Eric Minshall On Helping Pitchers Reach Their Potential
In our first episode of 2021, Eric Minshall joins Seth and BP to talk about helping pitchers achieve their potential at his training facility, The Cincinnati Throwing Club. Eric walks us through his a coaching journey that ranges from the high ...
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48:16
Mitch Keller On Growing With The Pirates, Discovering Data
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller joins the podcast to talk about his development as a pitcher, including how he accidentally developed a slider and how data has changed his approach to offseason training.Also, our own Dillon Saff...
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42:12
Eric Sogard On How Rapsodo Helps Hitters
Most people associate Rapsodo with pitching, but in this episode, MLB infielder Eric Sogard joins Seth and BP to talk about how he incorporates data into his training as a hitter. They talk about his approach in the cage, training with velocity...
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40:06
The Godfather of Pitch Design - Trevor Bauer
For our 20th episode, we welcome our first Cy Young winner to the Rapsodo Baseball Podcast! Trevor Bauer joins Seth and BP to talk about being a pioneer of pitch design, how his (then) unconventional training methods caused friction wit...
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