Rapsodo – The Leader in Baseball Tech on Both Sides of the Ball (Sponsored)

Rapsodo has been the industry standard for advancing sports through data and technology for years. As the analytics movement has ramped up, Rapsodo has become its face, particularly in baseball. Gone are the days when punching numbers and tracking progress on spreadsheets were looked down upon. These days, the nerds in the baseball world are the best competitors in the sport. The ability to measure data and improve upon it has become paramount to the baseball world at the game’s highest level. Major League Baseball is full of analytical success stories in the batter’s box and on the mound. Jesús Luzardo was a former top prospect struggling to seize the potential he had once shown in 2021. Rapsodo data captured changes in Luzardo’s release profile and extension that coincided with fluctuations in his on-field performance. From 2021 to 2023, the data documented a more consistent release window and greater extension as his results improved. Now a frontline starting pitcher at the big league level, data and analytics have made a major impact on Luzardo’s game. Look no further than four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani for another example of how data has become part of modern player development. Ohtani became a Rapsodo Technology Ambassador in 2024 after already using Rapsodo technology for several seasons. ‘I had been using Rapsodo for a few seasons and thought it was such a great tool; I only wished I had started using it earlier,’ Ohtani said when the partnership was announced. Whether evaluating his swing, designing pitches or monitoring his pitching data, Ohtani has spoken about using Rapsodo to quantify his development and connect how he feels with what the data shows. On the hitting side, the batting cage can be deceiving. That line drive to the back of the cage may have been an out. That well-hit fly ball may have been caught at the warning track. The Rapsodo PRO 2.0 and 3.0 offer 3D ball flight visualization to show exactly where batted balls are headed on a full-sized field. Spray charts and launch grids log and track batted ball tendencies to map out where your best swing lives. Paired with measuring launch angles and exit velocities, the Rapsodo PRO has all of the tools you need to optimize your swing whether you’re indoors or out. On the pitcher’s mound, the Rapsodo PRO allows you to measure every piece of data imaginable. Velocity, spin rate, spin efficiency, vertical and horizontal break, and many more. With pitch-by-pitch feedback, pitchers and coaches can evaluate changes to pitch shape, pitch mix, release point and arm angle during a session. The ability to log these results gives pitchers the ability to track their adjustments and related metrics over long periods of time. Establishing a baseline of measurements allows them to see what’s changed as on-field performance improves or declines. For coaches, Rapsodo is the perfect blend of old-school and new, creating a bridge between the coaching eye and objective feedback. You can tell when your players are too early or too late on their swing. You can see when your pitcher has lost the bite on their offspeed pitches. Now you have the objective data to back your observations. Rapsodo is another tool to not only help get the most out of your players in season, but to set them up to continue playing at the next level. Recruiting is more competitive than ever at the collegiate and professional level. Rapsodo helps you develop a clear development plan at the individual level to help your players become the best they can be. Professional-grade player development technology is more accessible than ever. PRO 2.0 and PRO 3.0 give athletes and coaches the ability to measure performance, validate adjustments and turn every session into a clearer development plan. Explore PRO 2.0 and PRO 3.0 to find the right player-development solution for your program. This is a sponsored post from Rapsodo.