Son (2022) has been lifting all fall while working on speed and trying to eat enough to gain weight. He is a still a boy in but slowly turning into a man. 6'4" and 200 lbs. He will be a beast in another year.
Finally was able to start hitting again in early December. Hamate debacle basically ruined his junior year. Was able to get ~ 55 ab's last summer in pain without any BP (too much pain pre/post surgery). Took the entire fall off of hitting to get pain free. Did a mid December hitting "metrics" camp at University of Minnesota. After a bunch of warming up swings he had 11 swings recorded by TrackMan off a machine pitching too slow (that is what all the kids were saying post). Of the 11 balls hit, max exit velocity was 97.8 and max distance was 382 feet. Average distance on 7 line drives and fly ball was 331.5 feet. Not too bad 10 days after not swinging a bat for 3 months. I am so thankful that he can hit again because it brings him so much joy.
Also excited that he now is getting the first specific catching coaching he has ever had. Trains with a great group of kids on Sundays. His partner for drills last week catches at ASU (his younger brother committed to catch at Georgia Tech 2 weeks ago).
Has some opportunities for next year but trying to figure out what the right path is for him...its gonna be an interesting 6 months...the only certainty is the kid freaking loves baseball and I am thankful for that!
Eat, school, eat, lift, eat, train, eat, sleep, repeat...