Goals for Upcoming Season

My first concern upon seeing this plan is the vagueness of the first part of the program. 

Just becoming physically stronger may not help him become a better baseball player.  Is he developing the right functional strength, mobility, stability, and power to pitch better? 

My son spent thousands of hours in the weight room doing things we later found out were counter-productive for a pitcher.  Now, well into his college career, he is trying to re-engineer his body for baseball.  It's worth the effort and investment to seek out a qualified strength coach who understands how to train for baseball.

Best wishes,

I agree with Swamp on this.

I know I am a broken record on this but here it comes again:

Contact Erik Cressey, Ron Wolforth (who is a fellow Texan), Gym Jones, P3sports, or someone like them who specialize in high performance athletic training specifically for baseball. 

You can and should be developing arm strength while lifting. I personally prefer a weighted ball program from Wolforth or driveline baseball but a long toss program works. (jaegersports.com)

Yoga and/or Pilates help in flexibility but you can get better functional flexibility from Cressey or one of the others. 

On the mental side there have been a bunch of threads on the subject just do a search and you can find book recommendations.

Good Luck to your son.

Sorry if this is a stupid question.  My son is in a similar position to the OP.  How does it work to "contact Erik Cressey or Ron Wolforth"?  Do you talk to someone on the phone?  Do they send you specific workouts that the kid then does at the local Y?  

We are located where there isn't a local trainer who specializes like this.

I've looked at both the Cressey and Wolforth websites and I find them both to be a bit overwhelming.  Lots and lots to read. 

Both of them have canned programs, Cressey will give a player an individualized program if he comes up to his facility and stays for 3-5 days. Wolforth has his ranch and has onsite programs in addition to the canned programs. He is more throwing oriented. 

If you can't find a baseball specific trainer then it is OK to find one who understands "Olympic Lifting"  Technique is extremely important and just getting the books without technique assistance can be dangerous. A "crossfit" type of gym is better than a traditional "pretty people" gym. Alternatively a gym that has power lifters is a good choice. My son found one in Austin where he was working for the summer, so if you dig around you should be able to find an appropriate gym. 

You will pretty much know if you are in the right place if you walk in and see a bunch of squat racks lined up.