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Cameron Flukey (Photo by Eddie Kelly/ ProLook Photos)
On this week’s College Baseball Podcast, Jacob Rudner is joined by Coastal Carolina director of analytics Matt Pepin to discuss the state of rising exit velocities in college baseball and whether or not it’s time for the NCAA to look into the ball it uses.
We also break down Coastal Carolina ace and top college pitching prospect Cameron Flukey from a data standpoint.
Time Stamps
(1:56) Welcoming in Matt Pepin
(3:50) Digging deeper on college exit velocities
(7:09) Are some players hitting the ball harder than they should?
(9:35) Breaking EVs down by percentages
(11:23) Changing the ball
(17:17) What makes Cameron Flukey great?
(19:13) Taking a closer look at Flukey’s fastball
(20:49) Flukey’s curveball improvement
(21:23) Targeted areas of growth over the offseason
(22:28) Implementing data into development at Coastal
(25:22) What people miss when studying Flukey
(26:00) Flukey’s slider and changeup
(28:35) Coastal draft sleepers
(30:38) Team USA alums to watch
(31:42) Final thoughts
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