Chris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74

Episode 74 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!   
With guest: Chris Langin   
This one's jam packed and Langin's sports comm'n degree shines through again in his smooth, sanguine spiels ;)  
We talk the science of pitch design, training big leaguers, pitch calling in college and just how much of a sports gambling degen Langin is. Oh and if you're an athlete that trained with Langin you might get lucky and make it in the 10 shoutouts he gives out in this episode! 

Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 
5:54 La(o)st Langin Episodes Recap 
8:15 Langin's Improvement as Pitch Design Specialist 
11:50 Being able to throw sweeper without losing too much velo 
15:38 Thoughts on gyro slider 
18:45 Platoon splits in PD 
19:50 Different amount of data prep per player 
21:38 Sequencing during PD 
23:38 Coaches v player calling pitches in college 
29:55 Langin's 2nd beer 
31:00 College Catchers and Pitch Calling 
33:50 Advanced Reports in College 
37:28 Driveline's Last Pro Offseason 
41:06 Langin's focus pre College Summer 
44:10 Importance of Data Viz + Athlete Meetings 
52:00 Langin's shoutouts 
58:00 Langin's approach on command work 
1:02:15 Easy ways to incorporate command work 
1:07:30 Sports Gambling degen talk  
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: 
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
Chris Langin: https://twitter.com/LanginTots13