Former professional pitcher and current MLB pitching coach, Jim Brower, dives into the impact of analytics in baseball. First, he takes us back to his early years playing the game (4:01) and through the evolution of his 17-year professional career (9:12). He then explains how he made his foray into coaching (15:52) and dissects the makeup of a successful team (21:08) with one of the key components being analytics (24:08). He unravels the influence numbers can have on players, coaches, medical staff and more (33:31) as well as upon developing players as young as 13 years old (41:31). Finally, Brower provides his take on the state of baseball, acknowledging lowering attendance (46:24), juiced balls (47:30), shifts (48:54) and more.

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