June 25, 2025 • 20 mins
We’re two weeks into the Premier Collegiate Development League (PCDL), and the talent is already making waves. Earlier this week, we caught up with several standout players at CarShield Field to hear about their early-season mindset, goals, and takeaways.
This week’s Premier Player Spotlights include interviews with:
⭐ Nick Mullinax
⭐ Luke Wright
⭐ Anthony Gura
⭐ Sean Raucher
⭐ Dominic Horn
Get a behind-the-scenes look at these rising athletes and their PCDL experience, as they reflect on personal development, team culture, and the drive to compete.
📍 Recorded at CarShield Field – O'Fallon, MO
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This week’s Premier Player Spotlights include interviews with:
⭐ Nick Mullinax
⭐ Luke Wright
⭐ Anthony Gura
⭐ Sean Raucher
⭐ Dominic Horn
Get a behind-the-scenes look at these rising athletes and their PCDL experience, as they reflect on personal development, team culture, and the drive to compete.
📍 Recorded at CarShield Field – O'Fallon, MO
🎥 Powered by Youth Baseball Midwest (YBMcast)
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
And folks were here with another premiere player spotlight. I
have Nick Mullinix from the Gray Squad today, so it'd
be gold.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Nobody knows, No one really knows, right.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Playing on the on Coach Perkins side.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Where are you from, Buddy, I'm from Dawsonville, Georgia.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Dawsonville, Georgia, Sir'd you go to high school?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Dawson County High School?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah? Were you guys? Pretty good?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We weren't terrible as a smaller school, so, I mean,
you get a little bit of talent here and there,
but it's kind of smaller, so you don't really get
a whole lot of talent.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So how many classes are in Georgia?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
There's six now. There used to be seven, but a
couple of years ago they changed it to six.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Dropped it back to say seven classes. Wow, So is
the Georgia baseball better?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I think there's just more opportunity and more people. So,
like I think there's talent anywhere you go, you just
got to find it. I think Georgia just gives you
a better opportunity to see that talent.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Absolutely, So you know the playoffs and the systems. What
class were you I was three A three A three.
So you know, did you guys win a state title?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I did not.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
I only made the playoffs my senior year. So got
there though, they get there, they get there.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Good job, good job. Talk to us about your experience,
you know, from high school going into college. What was
that like for you?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It was definitely an eye opener.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So like.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Everybody's good. You know, once you get to college, you're
just trying to find your own way. I would say
the main thing is is slow down. You know, everything
gets a lot faster pace, and your only goal is
to make it slow, make it easy for yourself, and
you don't want to make it speed up the game
and make it hard for you.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So I agree with that. Where are you going to
school right now?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I go to Columbia College.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Columbia College. Fantastic in ai A school, folks do not
sleep on in ai A. Correct.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Oh, correct, correct.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
There's a lot of good talent in an AA.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And it's a lot of good schools. So talk to
us about in ai A baseball a little bit. What
it you know, how what's the process? Is it different?
Is it? You know? Fill the folks in a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
I think it's about the same as anywhere else, a
need to level that you go to. Some schools might
not get the same resources maybe, but I mean the
talent's still there.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
There's a lot of great guys.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I've played with a lot of great guys and it's
really good baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, you guys are recruiting from all over the country too.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well especially yeah, you know Georgia.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So when you're coming to pc d L here, first
of all, what brought you here? And how'd you get here?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
My coach recommended it to me. I hadn't played the
last two summers, and honestly, taking those two months off
of like competitive baseball, like playing games and stuff like that,
it's really hard to pick it back up in the fall.
Like you can do it, but it's really tough. So
my coach recommended it to me and said it was
a good opportunity to just keep playing throughout the summer
(03:24):
and you really see some really good arms. Like last week,
there's some really good arms that we saw. So it's
great to see that kind of competition.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Absolutely, the analytics part, you know, other than the games,
what does premiere pitching and performance add for add to you?
And in this process.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I would just say that really just being able to
like kind of hone in on certain mechanic mechanic stuff
that you want to work on during the summer to
get ready for the fall. So I think the premiere
performance will, uh it really helps you hone in on
those certain things that you want to work on.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Yeah. Absolutely, Nick, it was a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Okay, folks, we have another premiere player spotlight Luke Wright
from Parkway West High School. It's that way, yep, from
where that way, thirty minutes that way. Thanks for taking
a minute, man for sure. So, uh you are going
(04:33):
into is this your last collegiate.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Last collegiate year of eligibility?
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Where are you at?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So?
Speaker 4 (04:40):
I just transferred from Western Kentucky to Lennon Wood.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
So what brought that on?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Just kind of looking for.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
A better fit, you know, Uh yeah, just really looking
to find a place to win and throw beginnings pretty
much throw.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
So how does Lynnen Wood present that operaportunity to you?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
You know, I think it's just a staff that I
that I'm gonna fit well into. They return, you know,
two of their weekend starters, they lose one of them,
they return a lot of key bullpen pieces, and uh,
I think there's just a lot of different spots that
I could slide into that I can have success in.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
So if you'd give some advice to senior Luke Wright
about the recruiting and the process, what.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Would it be.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean, I think I think the biggest thing
for me has always been, like my relationship with the
pitching coach and head coach. I think you got to
find somebody that you can trust, somebody that uh, you know,
you know is going to have your back. And really, yeah,
for me, it's always just been, you know, I want
to find a place I'm gonna win and find some
find coaches that that know how to win, and like
(05:54):
winning pretty much.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
That's always a plus, right, always a plus. So talk
to us about what brought you here to the pc
d L this year.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Yeah, I just, uh, it's a it's a really good
balance of the training side and the playing side, and
with some some injuries in the past, just being able
to work work at P three with that staff and
not just get healthy and get stronger and then also
get out here and get some in game experience and
just get comfortable.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah. So how do the you know, I evidently you've
worked with Premiere Pitching and Performance for quite before. So
what are some of the things that you go to
as far as the analytics that really help you as
a pitcher continue to develop.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, I mean they just do a good job with
their assessments, you know, kind of just showing you where
your gaps are. I've always been, you know, I've always
been able to figure out the pitching side, and they're
just you know, working with me on the force production,
using using my body in a you know, good way
(07:02):
based productive manner pretty much. But yeah, you know, the
data that they can see is just stuff that you
can't see with your eyes, you know, without that and
uh no, they just do a good job of really
breaking it down for you and not just telling you
what you need to do to get better, but helping
you understand understand what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So you go to lynn Wood, you have a good year.
What's the next step for you?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
So, I mean, obviously, you know, I'm working to hopefully
play professional baseball.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
It's always been a goal.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I'd also like to get my masters in uh sports psychology.
I want to be a sports psychologist. The mental side
of baseball has always been kind of my thing. I
like like focusing on that a lot. So if not
professional baseball, I want to get my masters, become a
sports psychologist.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
How not to become a head case playing baseball?
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Exactly?
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Pretty much?
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Pretty much that's the way it works, the way it works,
Sir Luke. Right, folks, Luke, pleasure appreciating your time.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
All right, folks, we're here with another premier player spotlight.
We're out here at the pcd L. I have Anthony
Gura College of Lake County. Where is that, young man?
Speaker 5 (08:15):
It's in Gray's Lake, Illinois.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Grey's Lake, Illinois. Okay, so you're in Illinois, and where'd
you go to high school?
Speaker 5 (08:22):
Normal community?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Normal community. They had a pretty decent run in the
state championships. What year are you right now?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I'm a sophomore.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
You're sophomore, so you're a year removed from that. But
they had a pretty good run.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yeah, they had a really good run.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Yeah, how were you guys? What was your senior year
like there?
Speaker 5 (08:39):
My senior year was was pretty good. A normal community.
We thought that we were gonna go way farther than
we did, but we only went to sectionals. So it
was kind of bomber. So one kind of fire.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
And it happens, right, Yeah, everybody wants to win, be
the last man standing. Yep, exactly. So talk to us
about your high school experience and what is uh, what's
your thought process in moving forward? How far you want
to go?
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I want to go as far as I possibly can.
I want to keep playing for as long as I can.
My high school experience was pretty much just having practice
and finding a way to get better every day.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Yeah. Do you have you know coaches that you think
really helped you, influence you in your path and what
you're doing.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
One hundred percent. Coach Tyler Albright, he was just a
he was just a Bradley coach. Short. He was my
normal community coach and coach hues were all really big
in my life. He was my rhino coach for my
summer team.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely very good. So College of the
Lake or College of Lake County, uh JC, I'd imagine, right, wait,
what College of Lake County is that where you're at?
Speaker 5 (09:53):
No, I'm transferring.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
You're transferring, okay, so what made you want to transfer?
Speaker 5 (09:59):
It just really was the season that I was hoping for.
And I thought it was going to be something else
when I went there.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So what are some of the things you're looking for
as you move into this next phase.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I'm looking for a team that has a facility that's
opened twenty four to seven so I can go in
there whenever I want to. I'm looking for a team
that wants to develop players into getting to that next step.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Absolutely, So, thoughts on where you want to go.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
I'm not sure right now. I'm thinking about a junior college,
but if another opportunity pops up, I'm.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Going to work at right yeah, absolutely so the PCDL
Premier Collegiate Developmental League. What are some of the things
that you believe this league will help in your growth imageration?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
I believe this league will help me get to the
next step and help me develop into the player that
I want to be.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
So are you a pitcher mainly position player? So how
do you think those analytics translate that information for you?
Speaker 5 (11:07):
It would put it into simpler terms for me, like
tell me what I need to get better out right
now and helped me work towards that.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Well, good luck to you, young man.
Speaker 7 (11:18):
All right, thank you?
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Okay, folks, I'm here with Sean Rauscher for another premiere
player Spotlight. Sean, thanks for taking a minute.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, no problem.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Uh, we're two weeks into that. Well, actually we're in
the middle of week two here at the PCDL. You
talked to us a little bit about high school. You
went to Mount Vernon High School, correct in southwest Missouri.
What was your experience like?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It was good. I mean, we were a smaller for
a school.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
We're probably a little bit behind the belt compared to
the Springfield area schools.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
They had a little bit of a jump on it.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
Us.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
My class and the class below us kind of came
in as freshman, playing as freshman straight to varsity, and
I mean we got to grow together, learn together. And
our senior year we wrapped up and had a pretty
good year. Didn't finish with a district championship like we wanted,
but we all got a little bit better and had
some fun from it.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So did you make it to the district championship?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
We did.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
We did Leosta Aurora in a shootout the Old Hound
All yep, yep, fourteen to eleven.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Oh my god. Yeah, it was a shootout.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That was you know, and I think that's the thing
setting goals, learning how to do that with a group
of kids that you grew up playing with. How important
is that and how you learned from that?
Speaker 6 (12:42):
Honestly, just sometimes like we wouldn't get along the best,
sometimes we get along the very best, you know. But
at the end of day, like you said, you grow together.
You are senior year, our goal was just to get
better every day, and we did that. Our goal wasn't
to win a state championship or a district championship, was
get a little bit better every day as people as players.
So uh, I think we were that we accomplished our goal.
(13:03):
I mean that's what we We might have not won,
but that's how it matters.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
At the end of the day, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
So, so you're into college, You've you've entered the transfer portal.
Where were you at?
Speaker 6 (13:12):
I was at Allen County, Allen County and the Jayhawk Conference. Yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
What uh you're in the portal? What's that process like
and what are you looking for?
Speaker 6 (13:25):
I'm honestly just looking for We went through three head
coaches at Allen last year. Uh, Trey Harris, who actually
got me into the PCDLS, became the head coach now,
but just for the situation, he's helped me a lot.
I'm gonna go ahead and transfer somewhere else, but uh,
he did help me a lot there at Allen, And
I'm just looking for somewhere with coach who's maybe been
there a few years and just set structure and uh
(13:47):
uh just the opportunity to go in and compete for
a spot.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So uh that kind of makes it really tough to
settle in when there's so much.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
Yeah, it's just a lot of times it just didn't
feel like it was about baseball, like it was about
anything else. So I'm just looking for somewhere I can
go play baseball. At Allen, I actually was coaching half
the time. I was our first base coach, so I
just needed to go somewhere as a fresh start as
a player. I go on a visit to a school
this Thursday, and I think I'm likely going to commit there,
So very good.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
So that's who I want to ask.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Yeah, Yeah, any who, though, pcd L you said coach
chairs got you here? What was that conversation like, and
why why are you here?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
He kind of knew the Juco transfer portal kind of league.
He knew that's kind of what I needed. The weightlifting.
I'm big into lifting. I love I've just started their
lifting stuff. It's a big part of my game, just
because I started as a smaller guy and kind of
put on some strength and worked to help me out.
So he knew I really liked the weightlifting part. So
(14:49):
the combination of being able to go to the facility,
going able to play here, to the transfer portal games,
and somewhat close to home, So that's kind of how
he set me up here, and it's It's been a
good opportunity so far.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I've enjoyed it so premiere pitching a performance. The analytics,
the information, how hard is it sometimes maybe to grasp
and be able to translate all that information into applicable
work on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Like with the forced flight stuff.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
All the numbers in the weight room, it's hard to
figure out what transfers to the field, what numbers are
the most important. But I think they do a good
job of assessing that in your lifting, so then when
you come out here.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
For me, it was a lack of mobility.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
So right now we're really focused on kind of full
range of motion, and I think sometimes in my swing I.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Get a little tighter. When I throw, I get tight.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
So I think that's where the numbers can kind of
play on the field, is where I see the biggest help.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
So that really, so they're able to translate basically the
language of the model to help you understand this is
what this is about and how you take it out
on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yes, sir, Yes, basically what you're saying. Yep, yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
And I think that's tough because it's a whole is
it really a whole different language for you in that respect.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
As I've gotten older, I've spent a little more time
around it. In the fall Allen who worked with Push Performance,
and that was kind of my introduction a little bit
of the at least the weight room numbers. This as
far as like exit ve Low all this like different
numbers that I'm still getting used to. But as far
as the weight room, I've had a little bit of
a period to learn more about it.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
So yep, so it's been useful. Yes, I would definitely
say so that's good man.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Well, it's been fun watching. I'm looking forward to seeing
you the rest of the league. You look to you,
Thank you, sir, Kay folk, we're here, we have another
premiere player Spotlight. I have Dominic Korn local from Timberland
High School over here. Uh watched this young Man Place
(16:50):
and see was something like that right in there?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Right?
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Yeah, twelve view exactly been a few times. Thanks for
taking a minute, buddy, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
So talk to us about you know, your your Timbling
high school experience. You were at Metropolitan Communtion College and
they had to get my brain there. How's that experience
been for you so far?
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Both?
Speaker 2 (17:16):
It's been good?
Speaker 7 (17:18):
Yeah, good transition a lot more focused on baseball and
just getting after it.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Are you just appeal there or you play so just
picture on them? Okay? So how's that transition been you?
Were you that way a little bit your last year
of high school or did you play both?
Speaker 7 (17:34):
I played both all the way up until high school
and then just pitching now it's been nice, a lot easier,
get your throwing in field, your position, and it's about it.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Do a little PfP and get to get to the coolness. Right,
I like it?
Speaker 5 (17:56):
So?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Uh, that was your first year at the Metro and
Community College, right, so you're heading into your second year.
What brought you to the PCB album?
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Just looking for good training part of it and went
with this seth mahya. Metro went here last year had
good things to say about it, so I figured give
it a try.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Give it a shot. What are some of the things
that you believe this program can help you improve on.
Speaker 7 (18:30):
I think a lot of it's like the training side
of it, with all the data and stuff, like, they're
really good in the weight room and on that side
of things, and the weight room translates to pitching, so
it's pretty.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
So you got some So with the analytics and whatnot,
how well are you adjusting and coming in you know,
one of the things I think that's most difficult is
learning how to understand all the information.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
Come to you.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Yeah, I think.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
They break it down in a pretty simplified way doing
this canna help this, YadA YadA. All your lifts are
skipped for like what you need to get better on
in the weight room, Like, for example, I have problems
going from static to explosives, so I have a bunch
of ISO holds whatever. So, yeah, it's been nice.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Comes very pointed, doesn't it. Yeah, absolutely love that. So
heading back to Metropolitan, what what are some of the
goals you're looking to set for yourself as a softball.
Speaker 7 (19:35):
Just looking to get innings and get opportunities and make
the best of them.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, any thoughts on after that where you would like
to go?
Speaker 7 (19:44):
No, just playing it by day, Brandon by day.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
All right.
Speaker 7 (19:48):
I like that you pitching today, fifth inning, closing, closing
it out.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Very good. You pitched I think an inning last week,
pretty decent.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
That was it.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
How'd you feel about it?
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Felt all right? Put up a zero, but make it
interesting to free passes, so I.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Got a knockdown in free bases, right exactly, all right.
It's good to see young man too.
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Thanks for very good time.
And folks were here with another premiere player spotlight. I
have Nick Mullinix from the Gray Squad today, so it'd
be gold.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Nobody knows, No one really knows, right.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Playing on the on Coach Perkins side.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Where are you from, Buddy, I'm from Dawsonville, Georgia.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Dawsonville, Georgia, Sir'd you go to high school?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Dawson County High School?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah? Were you guys? Pretty good?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We weren't terrible as a smaller school, so, I mean,
you get a little bit of talent here and there,
but it's kind of smaller, so you don't really get
a whole lot of talent.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So how many classes are in Georgia?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
There's six now. There used to be seven, but a
couple of years ago they changed it to six.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Dropped it back to say seven classes. Wow, So is
the Georgia baseball better?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I think there's just more opportunity and more people. So,
like I think there's talent anywhere you go, you just
got to find it. I think Georgia just gives you
a better opportunity to see that talent.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Absolutely, So you know the playoffs and the systems. What
class were you I was three A three A three.
So you know, did you guys win a state title?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I did not.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
I only made the playoffs my senior year. So got
there though, they get there, they get there.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Good job, good job. Talk to us about your experience,
you know, from high school going into college. What was
that like for you?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It was definitely an eye opener.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So like.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Everybody's good. You know, once you get to college, you're
just trying to find your own way. I would say
the main thing is is slow down. You know, everything
gets a lot faster pace, and your only goal is
to make it slow, make it easy for yourself, and
you don't want to make it speed up the game
and make it hard for you.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So I agree with that. Where are you going to
school right now?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I go to Columbia College.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Columbia College. Fantastic in ai A school, folks do not
sleep on in ai A. Correct.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Oh, correct, correct.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
There's a lot of good talent in an AA.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And it's a lot of good schools. So talk to
us about in ai A baseball a little bit. What
it you know, how what's the process? Is it different?
Is it? You know? Fill the folks in a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
I think it's about the same as anywhere else, a
need to level that you go to. Some schools might
not get the same resources maybe, but I mean the
talent's still there.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
There's a lot of great guys.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I've played with a lot of great guys and it's
really good baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, you guys are recruiting from all over the country too.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well especially yeah, you know Georgia.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So when you're coming to pc d L here, first
of all, what brought you here? And how'd you get here?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
My coach recommended it to me. I hadn't played the
last two summers, and honestly, taking those two months off
of like competitive baseball, like playing games and stuff like that,
it's really hard to pick it back up in the fall.
Like you can do it, but it's really tough. So
my coach recommended it to me and said it was
a good opportunity to just keep playing throughout the summer
(03:24):
and you really see some really good arms. Like last week,
there's some really good arms that we saw. So it's
great to see that kind of competition.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Absolutely, the analytics part, you know, other than the games,
what does premiere pitching and performance add for add to you?
And in this process.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I would just say that really just being able to
like kind of hone in on certain mechanic mechanic stuff
that you want to work on during the summer to
get ready for the fall. So I think the premiere
performance will, uh it really helps you hone in on
those certain things that you want to work on.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Yeah. Absolutely, Nick, it was a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Okay, folks, we have another premiere player spotlight Luke Wright
from Parkway West High School. It's that way, yep, from
where that way, thirty minutes that way. Thanks for taking
a minute, man for sure. So, uh you are going
(04:33):
into is this your last collegiate.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Last collegiate year of eligibility?
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Where are you at?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So?
Speaker 4 (04:40):
I just transferred from Western Kentucky to Lennon Wood.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
So what brought that on?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Just kind of looking for.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
A better fit, you know, Uh yeah, just really looking
to find a place to win and throw beginnings pretty
much throw.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
So how does Lynnen Wood present that operaportunity to you?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
You know, I think it's just a staff that I
that I'm gonna fit well into. They return, you know,
two of their weekend starters, they lose one of them,
they return a lot of key bullpen pieces, and uh,
I think there's just a lot of different spots that
I could slide into that I can have success in.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
So if you'd give some advice to senior Luke Wright
about the recruiting and the process, what.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Would it be.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean, I think I think the biggest thing
for me has always been, like my relationship with the
pitching coach and head coach. I think you got to
find somebody that you can trust, somebody that uh, you know,
you know is going to have your back. And really, yeah,
for me, it's always just been, you know, I want
to find a place I'm gonna win and find some
find coaches that that know how to win, and like
(05:54):
winning pretty much.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
That's always a plus, right, always a plus. So talk
to us about what brought you here to the pc
d L this year.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Yeah, I just, uh, it's a it's a really good
balance of the training side and the playing side, and
with some some injuries in the past, just being able
to work work at P three with that staff and
not just get healthy and get stronger and then also
get out here and get some in game experience and
just get comfortable.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah. So how do the you know, I evidently you've
worked with Premiere Pitching and Performance for quite before. So
what are some of the things that you go to
as far as the analytics that really help you as
a pitcher continue to develop.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, I mean they just do a good job with
their assessments, you know, kind of just showing you where
your gaps are. I've always been, you know, I've always
been able to figure out the pitching side, and they're
just you know, working with me on the force production,
using using my body in a you know, good way
(07:02):
based productive manner pretty much. But yeah, you know, the
data that they can see is just stuff that you
can't see with your eyes, you know, without that and
uh no, they just do a good job of really
breaking it down for you and not just telling you
what you need to do to get better, but helping
you understand understand what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So you go to lynn Wood, you have a good year.
What's the next step for you?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
So, I mean, obviously, you know, I'm working to hopefully
play professional baseball.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
It's always been a goal.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I'd also like to get my masters in uh sports psychology.
I want to be a sports psychologist. The mental side
of baseball has always been kind of my thing. I
like like focusing on that a lot. So if not
professional baseball, I want to get my masters, become a
sports psychologist.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
How not to become a head case playing baseball?
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Exactly?
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Pretty much?
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Pretty much that's the way it works, the way it works,
Sir Luke. Right, folks, Luke, pleasure appreciating your time.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
All right, folks, we're here with another premier player spotlight.
We're out here at the pcd L. I have Anthony
Gura College of Lake County. Where is that, young man?
Speaker 5 (08:15):
It's in Gray's Lake, Illinois.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Grey's Lake, Illinois. Okay, so you're in Illinois, and where'd
you go to high school?
Speaker 5 (08:22):
Normal community?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Normal community. They had a pretty decent run in the
state championships. What year are you right now?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I'm a sophomore.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
You're sophomore, so you're a year removed from that. But
they had a pretty good run.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yeah, they had a really good run.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Yeah, how were you guys? What was your senior year
like there?
Speaker 5 (08:39):
My senior year was was pretty good. A normal community.
We thought that we were gonna go way farther than
we did, but we only went to sectionals. So it
was kind of bomber. So one kind of fire.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
And it happens, right, Yeah, everybody wants to win, be
the last man standing. Yep, exactly. So talk to us
about your high school experience and what is uh, what's
your thought process in moving forward? How far you want
to go?
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I want to go as far as I possibly can.
I want to keep playing for as long as I can.
My high school experience was pretty much just having practice
and finding a way to get better every day.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Yeah. Do you have you know coaches that you think
really helped you, influence you in your path and what
you're doing.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
One hundred percent. Coach Tyler Albright, he was just a
he was just a Bradley coach. Short. He was my
normal community coach and coach hues were all really big
in my life. He was my rhino coach for my
summer team.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely very good. So College of the
Lake or College of Lake County, uh JC, I'd imagine, right, wait,
what College of Lake County is that where you're at?
Speaker 5 (09:53):
No, I'm transferring.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
You're transferring, okay, so what made you want to transfer?
Speaker 5 (09:59):
It just really was the season that I was hoping for.
And I thought it was going to be something else
when I went there.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So what are some of the things you're looking for
as you move into this next phase.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I'm looking for a team that has a facility that's
opened twenty four to seven so I can go in
there whenever I want to. I'm looking for a team
that wants to develop players into getting to that next step.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Absolutely, So, thoughts on where you want to go.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
I'm not sure right now. I'm thinking about a junior college,
but if another opportunity pops up, I'm.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Going to work at right yeah, absolutely so the PCDL
Premier Collegiate Developmental League. What are some of the things
that you believe this league will help in your growth imageration?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
I believe this league will help me get to the
next step and help me develop into the player that
I want to be.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
So are you a pitcher mainly position player? So how
do you think those analytics translate that information for you?
Speaker 5 (11:07):
It would put it into simpler terms for me, like
tell me what I need to get better out right
now and helped me work towards that.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Very good, very good.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Well, good luck to you, young man.
Speaker 7 (11:18):
All right, thank you?
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Okay, folks, I'm here with Sean Rauscher for another premiere
player Spotlight. Sean, thanks for taking a minute.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, no problem.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Uh, we're two weeks into that. Well, actually we're in
the middle of week two here at the PCDL. You
talked to us a little bit about high school. You
went to Mount Vernon High School, correct in southwest Missouri.
What was your experience like?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It was good. I mean, we were a smaller for
a school.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
We're probably a little bit behind the belt compared to
the Springfield area schools.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
They had a little bit of a jump on it.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
Us.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
My class and the class below us kind of came
in as freshman, playing as freshman straight to varsity, and
I mean we got to grow together, learn together. And
our senior year we wrapped up and had a pretty
good year. Didn't finish with a district championship like we wanted,
but we all got a little bit better and had
some fun from it.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So did you make it to the district championship?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
We did.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
We did Leosta Aurora in a shootout the Old Hound
All yep, yep, fourteen to eleven.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Oh my god. Yeah, it was a shootout.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That was you know, and I think that's the thing
setting goals, learning how to do that with a group
of kids that you grew up playing with. How important
is that and how you learned from that?
Speaker 6 (12:42):
Honestly, just sometimes like we wouldn't get along the best,
sometimes we get along the very best, you know. But
at the end of day, like you said, you grow together.
You are senior year, our goal was just to get
better every day, and we did that. Our goal wasn't
to win a state championship or a district championship, was
get a little bit better every day as people as players.
So uh, I think we were that we accomplished our goal.
(13:03):
I mean that's what we We might have not won,
but that's how it matters.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
At the end of the day, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
So, so you're into college, You've you've entered the transfer portal.
Where were you at?
Speaker 6 (13:12):
I was at Allen County, Allen County and the Jayhawk Conference. Yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
What uh you're in the portal? What's that process like
and what are you looking for?
Speaker 6 (13:25):
I'm honestly just looking for We went through three head
coaches at Allen last year. Uh, Trey Harris, who actually
got me into the PCDLS, became the head coach now,
but just for the situation, he's helped me a lot.
I'm gonna go ahead and transfer somewhere else, but uh,
he did help me a lot there at Allen, And
I'm just looking for somewhere with coach who's maybe been
there a few years and just set structure and uh
(13:47):
uh just the opportunity to go in and compete for
a spot.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So uh that kind of makes it really tough to
settle in when there's so much.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
Yeah, it's just a lot of times it just didn't
feel like it was about baseball, like it was about
anything else. So I'm just looking for somewhere I can
go play baseball. At Allen, I actually was coaching half
the time. I was our first base coach, so I
just needed to go somewhere as a fresh start as
a player. I go on a visit to a school
this Thursday, and I think I'm likely going to commit there,
So very good.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
So that's who I want to ask.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Yeah, Yeah, any who, though, pcd L you said coach
chairs got you here? What was that conversation like, and
why why are you here?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
He kind of knew the Juco transfer portal kind of league.
He knew that's kind of what I needed. The weightlifting.
I'm big into lifting. I love I've just started their
lifting stuff. It's a big part of my game, just
because I started as a smaller guy and kind of
put on some strength and worked to help me out.
So he knew I really liked the weightlifting part. So
(14:49):
the combination of being able to go to the facility,
going able to play here, to the transfer portal games,
and somewhat close to home, So that's kind of how
he set me up here, and it's It's been a
good opportunity so far.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I've enjoyed it so premiere pitching a performance. The analytics,
the information, how hard is it sometimes maybe to grasp
and be able to translate all that information into applicable
work on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Like with the forced flight stuff.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
All the numbers in the weight room, it's hard to
figure out what transfers to the field, what numbers are
the most important. But I think they do a good
job of assessing that in your lifting, so then when
you come out here.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
For me, it was a lack of mobility.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
So right now we're really focused on kind of full
range of motion, and I think sometimes in my swing I.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Get a little tighter. When I throw, I get tight.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
So I think that's where the numbers can kind of
play on the field, is where I see the biggest help.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
So that really, so they're able to translate basically the
language of the model to help you understand this is
what this is about and how you take it out
on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yes, sir, Yes, basically what you're saying. Yep, yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
And I think that's tough because it's a whole is
it really a whole different language for you in that respect.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
As I've gotten older, I've spent a little more time
around it. In the fall Allen who worked with Push Performance,
and that was kind of my introduction a little bit
of the at least the weight room numbers. This as
far as like exit ve Low all this like different
numbers that I'm still getting used to. But as far
as the weight room, I've had a little bit of
a period to learn more about it.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
So yep, so it's been useful. Yes, I would definitely
say so that's good man.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Well, it's been fun watching. I'm looking forward to seeing
you the rest of the league. You look to you,
Thank you, sir, Kay folk, we're here, we have another
premiere player Spotlight. I have Dominic Korn local from Timberland
High School over here. Uh watched this young Man Place
(16:50):
and see was something like that right in there?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Right?
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Yeah, twelve view exactly been a few times. Thanks for
taking a minute, buddy, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
So talk to us about you know, your your Timbling
high school experience. You were at Metropolitan Communtion College and
they had to get my brain there. How's that experience
been for you so far?
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Both?
Speaker 2 (17:16):
It's been good?
Speaker 7 (17:18):
Yeah, good transition a lot more focused on baseball and
just getting after it.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Are you just appeal there or you play so just
picture on them? Okay? So how's that transition been you?
Were you that way a little bit your last year
of high school or did you play both?
Speaker 7 (17:34):
I played both all the way up until high school
and then just pitching now it's been nice, a lot easier,
get your throwing in field, your position, and it's about it.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Do a little PfP and get to get to the coolness. Right,
I like it?
Speaker 5 (17:56):
So?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Uh, that was your first year at the Metro and
Community College, right, so you're heading into your second year.
What brought you to the PCB album?
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Just looking for good training part of it and went
with this seth mahya. Metro went here last year had
good things to say about it, so I figured give
it a try.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Give it a shot. What are some of the things
that you believe this program can help you improve on.
Speaker 7 (18:30):
I think a lot of it's like the training side
of it, with all the data and stuff, like, they're
really good in the weight room and on that side
of things, and the weight room translates to pitching, so
it's pretty.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
So you got some So with the analytics and whatnot,
how well are you adjusting and coming in you know,
one of the things I think that's most difficult is
learning how to understand all the information.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
Come to you.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Yeah, I think.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
They break it down in a pretty simplified way doing
this canna help this, YadA YadA. All your lifts are
skipped for like what you need to get better on
in the weight room, Like, for example, I have problems
going from static to explosives, so I have a bunch
of ISO holds whatever. So, yeah, it's been nice.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Comes very pointed, doesn't it. Yeah, absolutely love that. So
heading back to Metropolitan, what what are some of the
goals you're looking to set for yourself as a softball.
Speaker 7 (19:35):
Just looking to get innings and get opportunities and make
the best of them.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, any thoughts on after that where you would like
to go?
Speaker 7 (19:44):
No, just playing it by day, Brandon by day.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
All right.
Speaker 7 (19:48):
I like that you pitching today, fifth inning, closing, closing
it out.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Very good. You pitched I think an inning last week,
pretty decent.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
That was it.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
How'd you feel about it?
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Felt all right? Put up a zero, but make it
interesting to free passes, so I.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Got a knockdown in free bases, right exactly, all right.
It's good to see young man too.
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Thanks for very good time.
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