Hot Stove: Biomechanics and Workload Scouting December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Heather Jennifer Wolf, Player Development, Scouting With the Winter Meetings having just wrapped up, the Hot Stove has heated up with huge trades and signings. Already big names are changing cities and signing their names to multi-year deals. Two of the biggest signings so far have been pitchers; Patrick Corbin signed a six-year, $140 million contract with the Washington Nationals and […] Continue reading
Raise your analytics game with motusDASH March 8, 2018 Heather Article, Research WHAT’S NEW WITH motusDASH? For our clients who use motusDASH, you’ve seen a lot of updates over the winter. Here’s a brief summary of the current features of motusDASH, just in case you’ve missed it. First, the homepage of the dashboards quickly diagnose each player with their AC Ratio and Chronic Workload status. If someone is […] Continue reading
New season. New app. New arm. March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Heather Article, Research We’ve made some amazing advancements to our motusTHROW app. As existing users, we’re providing you with an exclusive at-a-glace overview of the new features to get you up and monitoring “readiness” in time for the new season. READINESS: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER Since we first launched motusTHROW in 2014, we’ve collected millions of throws from users, […] Continue reading
How Does Monitoring Workload Help Arm Health? March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Heather Article, Research Spring training is in full force, and with pitchers competing for starting roles and getting their arms in shape for the season, there isn’t a more crucial time to measure workload with Motus. Our dashboard is designed to provide pitchers with state-of-the-art workload measurements and workload simulation tools to help give them the safest and most […] Continue reading
Testing The Twist November 15, 2017November 16, 2017 Heather Article, Research, Will Carroll As velocity numbers and DL days have tracked up over the last few years, there’s been a lot of discussion about some of the more granular areas and changes. However, there’s been little publicly available data to test any of this. At Motus, our lab-accurate system to measure throwing mechanics of the pitcher’s elbow gives […] Continue reading