Eric Powers and Coach Drew sit down with former MLB pitcher Jim Parque to discuss Jim's journey from being an undersized high school pitcher to being an MLB starting pitcher. Coach Drew and Eric ask Jim for his thoughts on player development as well as his philosophy on coaching his travelball teams with Prospect United. Jim Parque is the Owner and Founder of Big League Edge and he is the Director of the USA National team that participates in the annual LABC (Latin American Baseball Classic) that takes place in the Dominican Republic.

Coach Drew and Bellevue College's head baseball coach Mark Yoshino (Yosh), discuss the transfer portal, challenges facing 2-way players and the potential unintended consequences for travelball players moving around from program to program or being a guest player.

This was a fun interview with the Derek Jennings of New Level Baseball. We discussed several topics with Derek including National Player Rankings and what they mean, player development and what players and families need to consider when looking to get noticed by colleges.

This is part 2 of our interview with Adam Sarancik of Elevate Sports Academy. Eric and Drew continue the discussion regarding the pro's and con's of leveling up in youth sports.

In this episode, coach Drew and Eric interview Adam Sarancik regarding the pro's and con's of having a child level up by playing with an older age group. Adam is the author of an Amazon Top 100 Best Seller, Coaching Champions for Life – The Process of Mentoring the Person, Athlete and Player and its companion book, Takeaway Quotes for Coaching Champions for Life. Book Authority rates Coaching Champions for Life as the #14 All-Time Best Baseball Coaching Book and the #8 All-Time Best Baseball Coaching eBook. Adam’s newest acclaimed book is, A Ground Ball to Shortstop – How and Why Coaches See Their Game Differently Than Anyone Else.

Adam’s articles are frequently published in ABCA’s Inside Pitch, in Collegiate Baseball News, and on the Sports Engine, Coaches Insider and CoachDeck websites.