Next Level Baseball

Agree or Disagree? Amateur players using wood bats makes velocity play up, way up. 4 to 5 mph. Facing 90 with aluminum is similar to facing 86 with wood. Facing 88 with aluminum is similar to facing 84 with wood. Facing 86 with aluminum is similar to facing 82 with wood. Facing…

Sam Bruce (‘26, FL) ⬇️ Comfortable set up w/ some pre pitch rhythm. Subtle moves towards the ball, keeps hands tight for a 1B to the pull side. #FLOpen | #Uncommitted | @nextlevelbb 👤 play.ps-baseball.com/player-profile…

Ryder Hodgkinson (‘26,FL)📝 Keeps the weight on the backside during the stride and drives it back through the middle, 89EV off the bat. Clean swing, stays in the zone through contact #FLOpen | #uncommitted | @nextlevelbb 👤play.ps-baseball.com/player-profile…

NLB Underclass runs record to 2-1 at Prospect Select Florida Open. NLB 11 Power Baseball 6 Parker Wheeler (Leon HS) earned the win out of the pen. Wheeler worked 2 innings, scattered 2 hits, didn't allow a run, struck out 1 and didn't walk a hitter. Tucker Poppell (Maclay HS),…

You know a player isn't a JYD when he jumps out of the way of pitches.

Draftable high school age hitters should walk four times as much as they strikeout. Draftable Juco hitters should walk twice as much as they strikeout. Draftable D1 hitters should walk more than they strikeout.

NLB American runs record to 2-0 at Prospect Select Florida Open. NLB 3 Lakeland Legends 2 Jake Morvay (Niceville HS) worked 4 innings, scattered 5 hits, allowed 2 earned runs and struck out 3. Tyler Hondorp (Pace HS) earned the win out of the pen. Hondorp worked 3 innings,…

Physicality. Strong and Physical. Competitive. The right kid. Driven to be the best he can be.

The amount of time that NLB's travel ball coaches spend away from their families to coach other people's kids is extraordinary. They deserve a lot of appreciation. They care about our players enough to set standards, demand effort and accountability. The perform to play…

Players Your biggest supporters have to be your biggest critics for it to be valuable. You don't need cheerleaders. You need truth tellers.

Don't want to pound the weights? Don't want to long toss? Don't want to hit velocity and breaking balls off the machine on a regular basis? Want to be addicted to velocity but can't pitch a damn lick? Don't want to work on your defense and base running on a regular basis? Don't…

The unfiltered truth. The majority of amateur teams don't have a fierce competitor on the roster. But are overflowing with selfish, soft, entitled players that could care less about winning as a team. They're addicted to exposure, attention, leg guards, arm guards, wrist bands…

Would your teammates describe you as a fierce competitor? Do they think you're overrated, underrated or someone that simply comes as advertised? Do the fierce competitors in the dugout like sharing the dugout with you?

NLB American opens Prospect Select Florida Open with a win. NLB 2 Future Play Sports 1 Aahron Geleta (Niceville HS) outstanding on the mound. Aahron Geleta worked 5 innings, scattered 3 hits, allowed 1 earned, struck out 3 and walked 1. Nate Connors (Tate HS) earned the save…

Players. Ever wonder what kind of questions credible college coaches ask your coaches? Is he reliable and dependable? Is he selfish? Is he a great teammate? Is he a competitor? Is he mature enough to handle success and failure? How are the parents? How good does he want to be?…

NLB Underclass opens Prospect Select Florida Open with a win. NLB 7 Midland North Florida 2 Zachary Tubbs (Florida High HS) earned the win. Tubbs worked 2.1 innings, allowed 4 hits, allowed 1 earned run and struck out 3. Parker Wheeler (Leon HS) worked 1.2 innings and allowed 1…

If you're a travel ball player and attended every one of your teams practices and games regardless of your role or performance. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Thank your parents for teaching you the value of commitment. If you're a projected high round pick, D1…

NLB Upperclass opens Prospect Select Florida Open with a win. NLB 2 MVP Baseball Academy 0 Brody Beam (Wakulla HS) outstanding on the mound. Brody Beam worked 6.2 innings, scattered 3 hits and struck out 7. Westin Hancock (Lowndes HS) worked 0.1 innings, didn't allow a hit or…