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Reply to "Do you think baseball will get that 3rd paid coach?"

Unfortunately not. The top 20 programs would probably like it but the majority of d1 programs just have nothing to gain. Sure it improves the quality of training but it also helps your opponent so in the end it only means more costs. Also the programs still find enough volunteers who will do it for a couple years because of the dream to make a living in baseball. I mean there is a reason why entry level stats/data guys in mlb make much less than in the general industry, there are simply many guys who would work for free to be in baseball.

Of course that is bad  for many reasons. One of them is that only well off people can afford this. If you are a stat guy trained in harvard from a good family they might tell you "sure you can work in mlb for 3-4 years before starting your real career for reel money" while other people can't afford that especially if they have family (sure there might be an occasional guy doing it living in a trailer, I think Matt lisle was like that).

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