Burke Badenhop has had a great career in baseball starting as a pitcher in college with Bowling Green State university. He was drafted in the 19th round in 2005 by the Tigers, and then traded in a package for Miguel Cabrera. Burke Badenhop then spent 8 years pitching in the MLB for the Marlins, Rays, Brewers, Red Sox, and Reds. He is currently in his 7th season with the Diamondbacks and currently as special asst to the GM.
With everyone throwing hard nowadays, command is now the separator. It’s no longer a choice between being either a power pitcher or a finesse pitcher today. You need to be both, velocity with command. Command is what separates pitchers from the pack today.
A great discussion with Burke Badenhop about training and measuring pitching control, command, sequencing and what it takes to pitch at higher levels of baseball.
With everyone throwing hard nowadays, command is now the separator. It’s no longer a choice between being either a power pitcher or a finesse pitcher today. You need to be both, velocity with command. Command is what separates pitchers from the pack today.
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