Matt Hobbs is in his third season as the Arkansas pitching coach in 2020, joining the Razorbacks in November 2018.
Matt helped craft the Razorback pitching staff into one of the top groups in the country in his first year on the Hill in 2019. and In a shortened season, the Hogs put together a 3.68 ERA and an 11-5 record with three saves and one shutout. Arkansas racked up 143 strikeouts in 142.0 innings
Hobbs has coached eight players that have been drafted in the top-10 rounds, including 2018 first-round pick Griffin Roberts, and has helped develop a total of seven big leaguers.
Before Arkansas, Hobbs was the Pitching coach at Wake Forest and in each of his first three years in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons improved in ERA, strikeouts , walks per nine and opponent batting average
Hobbs pitched at Missouri from 1999-2002, where he won 13 games and struck out 125 batters. Hobbs was drafted twice, first by the San Diego Padres in 2001 and then by the Kansas City Royals in 2002.
On the show we talk all things pitching development, including who they like to recruit, what pitching assessments they use, and how they use tech for offseason development and measuring in season progress.
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Michael Earley (Texas A&M) and Toby DeMello (University of Arizona) on Pre-Season and In-Season Hitting Development
Derin McMains- Mental Skills Coach, Arizona Diamondbacks
Justin James on pre-season and in-development
Micah Franklin on pre-season training, in dugout conversations, and gameplanning / approach.
Rachel Folden- MiLB Hitting Coach, Chicago Cubs
Jason Thompson on practice plans, team drill concepts and getting ready for a playoff run.
Shawn Stiffler on how he prepares his team from pre-season through post season play
Dane Fujinaka- Head Baseball Coach, Hawaii Pacific University
Brian Green- Head Baseball Coach, Washington State University
Toby DeMello- Hitting Coach, University of Arizona
Robert Woodard- Head Baseball Coach, Charlotte
Bobby Magallanes- Assistant MLB Hitting Coach, Atlanta Braves
Kevin Kimball- Head Baseball Coach, Phoenix College (AZ)
Dave Turgeon- National Head Coach, IMG Academy (FL)
Tom Marker- Head Baseball Coach, Olentangy Orange HS (OH)
Justin James- Head Baseball Coach, Point Loma Nazarene University (CA)
Michael Earley- Hitting Coach, Texas A&M
Jason Thompson- Head Baseball Coach, Brennan HS (TX)
Micah Franklin- Professional Hitting Coach
Shawn Stiffler- Head Baseball Coach, Virginia Commonwealth University
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