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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Jozef Frucek- Founder of the Fighting Monkey Baseball Practice
Clay Van Hook- Assistant Baseball Coach, University of Oklahoma
Jono Armold- MiLB Pitching Coach, Spokane Indians
Josh Heenan- President of Advanced Therapy & Performance Integrated Medicine + Strength Coach
Stephen Mackey- CEO and Founder of 2 Words Character Development Program
Clay Cox- Head Baseball Coach, Paris Junior College (TX)
Zach Brandon- Mental Conditioning Coach, IMG Academy (FL)
James Vilade- Assistant Baseball Coach, Oklahoma State University
Tom Held- Head Baseball Coach, Defiance HS (OH)
Kai Correa- Cleveland Indians MiLB Infield Instructor and Founder of #FridayFielders
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Cody Atkinson- Hitting Coach, University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley
Brent Robison- Pitching Coach, Tulsa Union HS (OK)
Zach Dechant- Director of Strength and Conditioning, TCU Baseball
Ben Sartor- Pitching Coach, Flower Mound HS (TX)
Joe Ferraro- Head Baseball Coach, Bronxville HS (NY) and Host of the 1% Better Podcast
Craig Hyatt- Hitting Coach, East Valley HS (WA)
Eric Peterson- Pitching Coach, Drury University (MO)
Breck Draper- Head Baseball Coach, Heritage Hall HS (OK)
Chris Dunn- MLB Hitting Consultant and author of ”The High Performance Hitter”
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