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Justin Willard

👤 Speaker
286 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

was a great example for him of like why we were introducing some of these other tools in his toolbox to maximize success because big league lineups are going to be like, hey, we're taking away the fastball.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Like we're just not going to get beat by it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

So like they need to be competitive in the zone and attacking these hitters from the get go or else it's going to take that much longer for us to solve what's going to make them good.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Yeah, I think it's really drilling down.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

What did we learn from that?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Whether it's success or failure, what did we learn?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

What are the lessons we can continue to compound to drive more success in the future?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Again, watching and digging into a little bit of Jonah, it's cool.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

We still need to be competitive in zone.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

We got to be in advantage counts.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

We got to maximize success.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

those locations of our pitches.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Because again, big league hitters are really good.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

They're the best in the world.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

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.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Yeah, I think it's, first of all, understanding what makes them really, really good.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

What is the superpower they have?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

Because you have to have some sort of superpower to be in the major leagues.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

And then now, can we multiply your effectiveness through that superpower?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
A Sit-Down With New Mets Pitching Coach Justin Willard

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.