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The first PDP Athlete to go D1 who started at PDP as a freshman in high school is off to San Francisco to report to USF! Wishing our guy Devin Morganfield nothing but success as he heads into his first fall!

Last day in house yesterday for New Mexico State LHP Bradyn Barnes who had a sick summer capped off by an electric Live-AB session.

Bradyn topped out at 91.4 during his first pen of the summer. We spent the first few weeks working on how he moved based on his KineBase Sports motion capture and putting him in a position to allow the back hip to internally rotate. This helped improve his direction allowing him to produce more force behind the baseball.

With this, the fastball shape started to improve and create more IVB on average. Once Bradyn had a more consistent FB profile, he added a one-seam sinker to utilize seam shifted break and create more arm side run. He also improved the slider velo getting it up as high as 90mph.

Down the stretch once he was moving more efficiently, he started letting it rip. He averaged over 92mph and was up to 95.5mph multiple times in his last pen and live. Bradyn put in some incredible work this summer and looks set up to be dominant this next season.

Bitter sweet day in the facility yesterday. Clayton Ratliff ‘s last day in house for a few months as he’s heading down to start high school at Saint Andrew's School . One of the most special arms in the country that was one of the few 14 year olds at the 15u USA Tryout.

Clayton came in to PDP two years ago in July when he was still trying to get over the hump and make Team USA. Since then we’ve seen him go from 76 to 91mph and be ranked as one of the top arms in the country. A truly unmatched combination of work ethic, determination, humility, competitor, and person. We’ll be with him every step of the way in his next phase at Saint Andrew’s.

At PDP athletics when we say training is specialized we mean it, we work with youth athletes to build a performance baseline — so as they grow, they (and their coaches) can track REAL progress over time. ⚾️🪓

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