My name is Walker Gentz and I'm an assistant pitching coach at Iowa Central Community College. Before this, I was the pitching coach for the Clinton LumberKings in the Prospect League in 2023 and the development coach for the Tennessee Smokies (Chicago Cubs affiliate) in 2022. Below are some of my works during my time in college at Iowa/St. Ambrose as well as my continued research work today.
Looking further into the impact of pitchers who have three glove-side moving pitches and their performance metrics:
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/glove-side-movement-overloading
Exploring the effects of certain pitch types on the average hitter's timing:
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/impact-of-pitch-type-on-a-hitters-timing
Guess who's back...
Taking a look at how I calculated defensive runs saved/lost by two catchers during the 2019 season from Trackman data, and how this can be used help catcher development in the future
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/catching-runs-savedlost-comparisonÂ
In this post, we take a look at the Salvador Perez and Yadier Molina behind the plate, and how well they frame the baseball.
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/framing-comparisons-and-50-50-calls
My first baseball-related post about machine learning and using technology to predict hit results (and introducing B.E.R.T.A).
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/machine-learning-and-b-e-r-t-h-a
A post about this blog, what I hope to gain from it, and what I hope to post on the site.
https://sites.google.com/view/wgentzbaseball/home/first-postexplanation