"Inside Driveline's 15,000-square-foot facility, two racks holding 16 broken baseball bats hang on a wall, displayed like a valuable piece of modern art. Driveline, the cutting-edge player-development lab that has helped to revolutionize the sport at its highest levels, believes that offensive success in this era of pitcher dominance requires training in extreme conditions. The broken bats, then, are a badge of honor -- a symbol of work done with requisite intensity."
"Early last week, Edgar Quero, a 22-year-old entering his second season with the Chicago White Sox, stepped into a batting cage only a few feet away. He placed reflective markers below the barrel of his 34-inch, 32-ounce Marucci bat and attached a Blast Motion sensor to its knob. He then stepped onto the cage's sensor-equipped platforms, known as force plates, and took batting practice. Eight Edgertronic cameras captured his every movement."
"And yet, there is so much more potential: Quero's bat speed is slow, and his launch angle is subpar; two aspects that suppress his power numbers. And so Quero, competing for playing time with another young, promising White Sox catcher in Kyle Teel, made the 30-mile trek from his home in Peoria, Arizona, to an industrial section of Scottsdale. There, in the middle of a small strip mall,"
Driveline operates a 15,000-square-foot player-development lab that displays 16 broken bats as badges of intense work. The facility uses reflective markers, Blast Motion sensors, force plates, and eight Edgertronic cameras to capture every movement during batting practice. Edgar Quero, a 22-year-old switch-hitting catcher for the Chicago White Sox, underwent an onboarding session to address slow bat speed and subpar launch angle that limit his power. Quero already shows elite plate discipline and consistent barrel contact. Driveline's program attracts young hitters seeking measurable improvements and is considered a rite of passage among peers.
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