Former MLB outfielder and 2011 Big 12 Player of the Year at Texas A&M
Tyler Naquin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played eight seasons for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Chicago White Sox. Cleveland selected him in the first round with the 15th overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut in 2016, helped Cleveland reach the World Series, and finished third in American League Rookie of the Year voting.
Before entering professional baseball, Naquin played at Texas A&M University, where he earned All-America recognition and was named the 2011 Big 12 Player of the Year. He was selected as a member of the 2026 Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame class.
Naquin now provides baseball instruction and private lessons. Outside of baseball, he spends much of his time bow hunting and saltwater fishing.
Most youth hitting practice produces kids who look pretty in the cage and freeze in the box. Eight drills that train decision-making, sequencing, and force production — and scale from 8U through high school by changing cues and volume, not principles.
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Texas high school baseball runs a playoff bracket every spring across all six UIL classifications. How teams qualify, how seeding and best-of-three series work, how the pitch-count rule shapes playoff rotation strategy, and the road to Round Rock.
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The biggest predictor of arm injury in a young pitcher is not pitch type — it is how often, how hard, and how tired they throw. What pitcher arm care looks like across ages 9–17, what the research shows, and what to push back on when a coach or showcase pulls in the wrong direction.
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