Adam Sarancik joins the show again to lend his expertise on speaking to umpires. Listen as Coach Drew and Eric interview Adam about the do's and don'ts when dealing with umpires.

Coach Drew and Eric visit with Deven Morgan from Driveline Baseball. Our discussion covers several topics revolving around Driveline Academy's youth baseball development program, Deven's new book "Skills that scale" and Driveline's newly launched Academy Flex program that offers in-person or remote training for youth ballplayers.

Eric Powers and Coach Drew sit down with former MLB pitcher Jim Parque to discuss Jim's journey from being an undersized high school pitcher to being an MLB starting pitcher. Coach Drew and Eric ask Jim for his thoughts on player development as well as his philosophy on coaching his travelball teams with Prospect United. Jim Parque is the Owner and Founder of Big League Edge and he is the Director of the USA National team that participates in the annual LABC (Latin American Baseball Classic) that takes place in the Dominican Republic.

Coach Drew and Bellevue College's head baseball coach Mark Yoshino (Yosh), discuss the transfer portal, challenges facing 2-way players and the potential unintended consequences for travelball players moving around from program to program or being a guest player.

Coach Drew and Eric interview Arlo Evasick to discuss how he runs the GSL tournaments, team rankings, PNW Showcase events and Fall opportunities for high school seniors looking to play in college.

This was a fun interview with the Derek Jennings of New Level Baseball. We discussed several topics with Derek including National Player Rankings and what they mean, player development and what players and families need to consider when looking to get noticed by colleges.

This is part 2 of our interview with Adam Sarancik of Elevate Sports Academy. Eric and Drew continue the discussion regarding the pro's and con's of leveling up in youth sports.