Season 4 Episode 4 is out with Matt Rienzi. Matt is currently an assistant coach at St. Joseph College- Brooklyn, assistant coach for the Ocean State Waves (NECBL), and a sidearm pitcher for the Polish National Team.

Matt goes into detail about St. Joseph’s pitching program style including:

• Preseason and off-season development process
• Matt’s style of coaching
• Evaluation of a pitcher at a smaller school (does this include technology and the overall process)
• His coach to player interaction on the field

Matt has an interesting playing background including playing for the Polish national team and transitioning to a sidearm pitcher.

Some key points that we talked about include:

• Transitioning to a side arm pitcher
• Europe baseball growth
• Leagues that are very competitive in Europe
• Overall culture of baseball in Europe

As most know, I really like to see how an overall person thinks and their knowledge of the game. Matt and I go in-depth about the state of baseball in 2022 and some pressing topics over the 2022 MLB offseason:

• MLB lockout
• Robot umpires
• 2022 development pieces being implemented into professional organizations

Matt was a great conversation and I am really looking forward to his bright future in coaching. Please join me in listening to Matt and “Always Remember Be Yourself”