O's announce player dev partnership with K-Motion

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[interloper]

And now we wait for @Luke-OH to tell us if this is cool. 

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, interloper said:

And now we wait for @Luke-OH to tell us if this is cool. 

Pfft, it's cool.  Think for yourself.

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[Luke-OH]

14 minutes ago, interloper said:

And now we wait for @Luke-OH to tell us if this is cool. 

I’m far from an expert on K-motion, but this is a good introduction to it’s baseball uses.

https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2018/11/introduction-k-vest/

[Moose Milligan]

So happy that Elias is here.  This would have never happened under the old regime.  Never ever.

Remains to be seen if it provides value but at least they're trying new things and trying to see what works and what doesn't.  

[Aglets]

Are we ahead of the curve with this?  Behind the curve?   ummmmmmm,  "on" the curve?

I'm asking how many other teams use this or similar technology?

[LookinUp]

I started listening to Patrick Jones' podcast after I heard he was hired by the O's. After listening to a few, you can tell how much of an art hitting really seems to be. Of all people, Kevin Youkilis was particularly interesting. He (and others) talked about not becoming too mechanical, which some of this technology could make happen if not properly understood. He talked about in game adjustments, hitting off balance and the importance of your own personal cues for timing or fixing your mechanics. Really interesting. Most of the guests talk about the individual hitter needs as opposed to building a robot like hitter. 

So this technology is important, but it still exists in a realm of maximizing the individual, not completely changing him.

[Redskins Rick]

23 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

So happy that Elias is here.  This would have never happened under the old regime.  Never ever.

Remains to be seen if it provides value but at least they're trying new things and trying to see what works and what doesn't.  

Moose,

I think more importantly, it signifies that the boys are here and in charge, it would have never happened under daddy. IMO

 

[scOtt]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

So happy that Elias is here.  This would have never happened under the old regime.  Never ever.

Remains to be seen if it provides value but at least they're trying new things and trying to see what works and what doesn't.  

"Electron faeries dancing on copper wires. That's WITCHCRAFT! We'll have none of that malarkey."

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

So will Chris Davis finally get fixed? 

[interloper]

31 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

So will Chris Davis finally get fixed? 

Nah, but they'll def try!

I'm hoping it fixes some guys like Mullins and Sisco. 

[mdbdotcom]

35 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

So will Chris Davis finally get fixed? 

You mean, like someone fixes their cat? Jeez, I didn't know ball teams could do that.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

4 minutes ago, interloper said:

Nah, but they'll def try!

I'm hoping it fixes some guys like Mullins and Sisco. 

Also, I don't think K-Motion's technology works very well when the player doesn't swing their bat and stares at a called strike. 

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, interloper said:

 

I think its notable the O's are going to start using it in single A.  The past regimes seemed to have the attitude they were going to spend as little as possible developing minor leaguers, and when they got to they majors, then they would try to fix them.