Throwing My First Bullpen In 20 Years | Road To 90

Alright, I'm good to throw. I already went through my bands Tobin, did my plyo work. Don't overthrow me Tobin and hit my camera. You almost ready old man? You know while I was sick with COVID, you know what I was doing? Down in my basement, pounding the plyo wall, I'm going knee first. Push back just like a little bit, good right there. First one always hurts. Gotta get the baseball going again instead of the plyo ball. I can already feel the ball coming off the wrong finger. All cutters. I can't get it, there we go. I can't get it to come off both fingers. That was a cutter too. Is that good? I'm going a couple this way. Shit, sorry. You can tell we're different positions now. You're going where you're off foot throws. I'm going straight up, straight up 80 pooh. Feels good so far at least. That wasn't good. Went back to a cutter. That was a straight one. I'll cut that out. I'll cut that one out. As you're good, just push it back. Another cutter. How do our guys get loose so fast? Not that old. I'm going to be nasty with the 80 mile an hour cutter. Big time cutter. Another cutter. Shit. Can't throw the ball straight. Throw it easy. There we go. I'm going to try a few easy ones to get it straight. There we go. Yeah. Just a couple more. Whenever you're good, you can bring it in. Stay right there for like two. Another cutter. One more. Good. Damn. Not bad. Still throwing it off my middle finger a ton. Throw a couple nice and easy. All right. Can we go down for a couple? I'm still going to stay up here, but you can go down. A couple nice easy walk-ups. Couple easy ones. A couple more. My arm's going to be killing tomorrow. It already is killing. Huh? No way. I pitched with glasses on. Good? I'm going to throw a couple. See if I can be somewhere around the zone. Little up. Got to bring it down just a smidge. I'm already around the zone more than half of you guys. Little up. Those balls are going to get smashed out of the park. I got to bring it down a little, Takumi. I'm still up a little. A little lower. How's the speed look so far? Okay? I'm not trying to throw super hard, but ... Yeah, 77? That was? Yeah. Then I can easily get into the 80s because I'm not trying to throw super hard. That's good. The last couple, I'll try to get it up into the 80s for a couple, but ... 77? Same thing? See? Just put it in the glove, Connor. Just put it in the glove. That had a little cut on it, too. A little cut again. Let me try a couple ... Is that a strike? Let me try a floor seam this way. See if I can get the ball to go straight. I'm going to move them a little further apart. There we go. Still 77-ish? I'm going to try to throw this one a little bit harder without throwing my arm out too early. A little bit faster, Takumi. Not much faster. I'll try to hit 80 on this one. Nope. That one didn't come out good. No, it came out like a cutter. 77? Oh, it was a little bit faster. It didn't feel like I threw it much harder. Like a little more aggressive? I'm telling you, I'd get 85 in me if I just throw a couple more days. Hey, have I thrown a single ball outside the zone very much yet? Not really. See? It's not that difficult. He feels like he's standing right next to me. I told you. It's like riding a bike. Let's put the ball where I want to put it. How hard was that? Good. I got one. Shit. I thought it was an 8-0. I tried to move a little quicker, but it didn't come out any faster. No. All right. Let's go batter, Takumi. Tell me what you want. You call it. Let me throw a breaking ball. I haven't thrown a breaking ball. This hasn't come in 15 years. I don't know where this is going. Let me try that one more time. How hard was that? Takumi, just give me one practice. Now, I'll be good. Come on. Hit him in the nuts with this one. Yeah. Oh, I can't do that. Yeah. See? Now, fastball. Let's try. Yeah? Let me try to break a curveball from the full wind-up. Hey, Cleet's going to get me a couple more, too, on the— Oh, yeah. That's right. Yeah. This is off. They thought I was lying when I said I can put the ball where I want to put it. A little down. I mean, I felt like I'm not trying as hard as I can, but then when I tried harder, it didn't go any faster. But I do feel—I feel like I can't move super fast or else I'm going to slide out. All right. Let's get an 80. Good. Two pitches. And then I won't be able to lift my arm for a week and a half. 77. 78. Yeah, it's my favorite number right now. I can still feel I'm just like getting off the side of the ball. Fastball again. Where are we going with this one? I want to try to pitch like it's a game. Right there? All right. I cut the ---- out of that again. I don't know what happened. Break him. Break him, ball. And then we'll strike him out after this. I think I'm going to get another 5 to—I think there's 5 to 7 miles an hour in here once I start throwing again. All right. We got to go. It's 0-2. I want a fastball into the righty. Jam him. Yeah. That was a super cutter. That ball came—literally I threw that like a football. All right. 1-2. Let's get him with a curveball now, and then I'll go home happy. Just on the outside corner. A little too far on the outside corner. All right. 2-2. Yeah. All right. Let's just throw this down the middle and pray they swing and miss at it. A little high. How hard was that one? Yeah. Well, he reached the top. Last one. Oh, that was a cutter. Good. Good first day. My arm is going to fall off. If you've got hitters that you're looking to improve before the start of next season, this is essential for you. Matt Antonelli here, former major league player, first-round pick, and college coach. With this course, we're going to show you exactly, step-by-step, how to generate power, develop at speed, and enhance swing mechanics. 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