The Player, The Scout, The Hitting Coach with Micah Franklin
Welcome to The Baseball Awakening Podcast, where we dive into the raw, unfiltered, unsexy side of player development
Guest Bio:
Micah Franklin, 15 Year Professional Baseball Players, 8 Year Professional Scout for the Diamondbacks and Mariners, and Current Hitting Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Summary:
On this episode, Host Geoff Rottmayer sits down with Micah Franklin
Show Notes: In this conversation, Micah talks about:
- His professional career and what it took to have a career as he did.
- His belief system and how the game humbled him.
- The feelings he felt when he made it to the big leagues.
- He playing career overseas.
- Transition into becoming a scout.
- Becoming the hitting coach.
- The importance of vision plays in hitting.
- Developing and coming up with an approach.
- Meditation and how it goes into player development.
- The difference between an A swing and a B swing.
- How to start working on timing while hitting and how important timing his in hitting.
- The importance of being on time.
- Developing the relationship and trust with players before making drastic changes.
- and much more.
