Talking Pitching with Royals Pitching Coach Brian Sweeney!
About this episode
The rebuilding of the Royals Pitching Staff in 2024 was nothing short of remarkable. Royals Pitching Coach Brian Sweeney discusses the thoughrts and processes behind building a top shelf pitching program.
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) talk about how the pitching staff came together and how the Royals will progress moving forward...
- How the 2024 Royals Pitching Staff came together.
- What went into Sweeney taking the PItching Coach job?
- Sweeney's core philosophy.
- Building trust with the pitchers.
- The building of Cole Ragans.
- Why the Royals wanted Seth Lugo so bad.
- Adding the slider to Michael Wacha's repetoire.
- Pitchers working with outside Pitching Instructors.
- Importance of being on the cutting edge of technology.
- How to switch a pitchers roles?
- Avoiding injuries.
- Reacting to Brian Sweeney's comments.
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