By brady

Posted on February 20, 2023

What are you looking forward to with your last season in the green and gold?

I’m just kind of looking forward to one last season of bus rides, being around all the guys in the locker rooms and hanging out in the hotels. That’s kind of the stuff that when you’re 5-10 years down the line, after I’m done playing, that is the stuff I’m going to remember. That’s kind of what you look most forward to, at least I do. The baseball is always a plus and having a good team is the ultimate goal. But when it comes down to it, I’m not going to remember a random game that we won. It’s about the friendships.

Recovery is super important as a pitcher, what are some of the things you do?

There are seemingly a countless number of things that you can do. Most of the time, what I do is mostly band type stuff to strengthen the little muscles. I also like to use the heavier balls that you throw to get my shoulder stronger. There are a lot of exercises you can do to get your shoulder, forearm and elbow stronger.

A lot of people like doing more massage type stuff or scraping or cupping or going into the athletic trainer’s room. There are a countless number of things you can do. It’s kind of hard to keep track of all the stuff.

When did you start pitching?

I think the first time was when I was seven or eight.

Did you like it immediately?

I always did like pitching, but growing up, all the way through high school and everything, I hit and played the field too. I never really worked on pitching because I didn’t like it as much as I liked the other positions. I played first base, I played outfield sometimes and I would work a ton on hitting. I liked the hitting a little bit better. It wasn’t until I got to college that I even really focused on practicing pitching as much. I’ve always liked every part of baseball.

Do you think your appreciation for pitching has grown with it being your main thing in college?

Yeah, I suppose because it’s been my main thing every day for the last five years.

Do you want to pitch post-collegiately?

My plan is to go however far I can and play however long I can, but I know it’s not guaranteed.

What have you been working on over the offseason?

I just kind of tried to go back to the basics a little bit. I didn’t have my best year last year and I think I just got outside of myself a little bit. I’m just trying to keep things a little bit more simple and just work on being more consistent and not trying to do too much.

What pitches do you throw?

I throw a fastball, curveball, slider and a changeup. I mainly throw my fastball and curveball and I definitely don’t throw my changeup very often.

Cade Feeney is another very high-level pitcher in the program, how often are you two bouncing ideas off of one another and tweaking things together?

We’re catch partners and we play catch every day. So, we see each other throw every day and we can see when something is off. We also bounce ideas off of each other. And it’s not just us, it’s everybody.