DeacInVermont
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I wonder if Alabama will be countering this move with a Baseball Betting Lab.
Wonder if we can collab on any of these labs with other sports.Definitely seems like an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot with facility improvements like this. A batting lab should be a great addition. I look forward to the construction of our fielding lab after this one.
Wonder if we can collab on any of these labs with other sports.
It would take some following up to see if it's actually happened, but when they opened the pitching lab I was really impressed that they were going to open it up as a community tool and take advantage of its injury prevention capabilities for middle and high school pitchers.Wonder if we can collab on any of these labs with other sports.
Any idea if they bring in any money when they let MLB teams use it? I know I’ve read about some folks coming there for rehab, etc.It would take some following up to see if it's actually happened, but when they opened the pitching lab I was really impressed that they were going to open it up as a community tool and take advantage of its injury prevention capabilities for middle and high school pitchers.
I think that's how it works. Feel like when we talked to Joe Girardi right before the 2020 season, that was either mentioned or inferred.Any idea if they bring in any money when they let MLB teams use it? I know I’ve read about some folks coming there for rehab, etc.
I remembered reading this story from the Asheville ABC station a few months ago and looking again it says:It would take some following up to see if it's actually happened, but when they opened the pitching lab I was really impressed that they were going to open it up as a community tool and take advantage of its injury prevention capabilities for middle and high school pitchers.
The lab is open for athletes as young as 12 to book time and get an assessment. “A lot of the younger kids just think that the tech is cool, and you know, like to see how they’re moving and hopefully give them a competitive advantage to move and progress through their baseball career.” Dr. Kristen Nicholson is the pitching lab director and explains “they’re able to throw their bullpens and we’re able to get full body kinematics and kinetics and then compare them to professionals that have had their data collected using the same system or to themselves” This offseason, the lab has had some notable MLB pitchers like Chad Kuhl and Ian Anderson come through for evaluations.
Scroll down for pricing ($2K for a professional evaluation):Any idea if they bring in any money when they let MLB teams use it? I know I’ve read about some folks coming there for rehab, etc.
IIRC, this came out of the strategic collaboration with VT a few years back. We needed their engineering expertise.It’s shocking to me that any MLB team doesn’t have stuff like this.
MLB franchises should be able to afford engineers. I'm sure if they put out a call, they'd get plenty of takers.IIRC, this came out of the strategic collaboration with VT a few years back. We needed their engineering expertise.
I can see them affording it, but would they be willing to devote the needed space. They could also have the old school mentality of human over technology.MLB franchises should be able to afford engineers. I'm sure if they put out a call, they'd get plenty of takers.
That makes sense. They could throw in some cash to build labs at USF, FGCU, FAU, and ASU.It would make sense for MLB clubs to build these at their spring training facilities. During one of Rhett's interviews, he said he only uses the lab during the off season. And he didn't want to change much during the season.