Justin Willard
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What did we learn from that?
Whether it's success or failure, what did we learn?
What are the lessons we can continue to compound to drive more success in the future?
Again, watching and digging into a little bit of Jonah, it's cool.
We still need to be competitive in zone.
We got to be in advantage counts.
We got to maximize success.
those locations of our pitches.
Because again, big league hitters are really good.
They're the best in the world.
And they're going to give you really good feedback really quickly on whether your stuff's going to play in terms of what you're doing right now and the problems you're trying to solve and how you solve those.
Yeah, I think it's, first of all, understanding what makes them really, really good.
What is the superpower they have?
Because you have to have some sort of superpower to be in the major leagues.
And then now, can we multiply your effectiveness through that superpower?
Part of what makes Jonah really, really good is you talk to hitters, and it's like the ball's coming out of his chest.
So it's like, okay, we don't necessarily want to take that away.
We just got to make sure it doesn't get too far down the rabbit hole that it's affecting the quality of his pitches, his ability to locate those things.
But like, hey, his superpower is this ball is coming from a really weird spot.
Let's make sure we maximize that.