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About Carlos Gomez

Retired pro baseball player, mechanics geek, stats geek. In other words, the future General Manager of [insert your team here].


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Carlos Gomez's Articles

First impressions: Buchholz vs. Kennedy

September 04, 2007
A video breakdown of two prized prospects: Boston's Clay Buchholz and the Yankees' Ian Kennedy.

Jake Peavy’s max effort mechanics

August 30, 2007
Video analysis of Peavy's mechanics with a special look at how he attacks hitters.

The DRAFTYs: The 2007 MLB draft awards

August 23, 2007
Who won? Who lost? Who has the "best mechanics"? What about the worst picks?

Chamberlain or Hughes: Who’s got better mechanics?

August 15, 2007
Can we predict who'll be better simply by analyzing their mechanics? Step into the ring. It's Joba vs. Phil...

The four greatest home run hitters of all-time: a video analysis of their swings

August 02, 2007
What can we learn from the greats? Today, we do video breakdowns of Barry, the Babe, Hammerin' Hank and A-Rod.

The D-Train’s mechanics

July 26, 2007
Have Dontrelle Willis' mechanics changed over the years? Here's a video analysis comparing the '05, '06 and '07 versions of Dontrelle Willis.

Scouting the Braves—The East Cobb Braves: Part 1-The Hitters

July 23, 2007
Scouting reports on a few players that I saw in the World Wood Bat Association 2008 Grads National Championship in East Cobb, Georgia.

Breaking down the draft: The sleepers and the overrated

July 10, 2007
Video analysis shows some draft picks who might surprise.

Breaking down the draft: 10 more prospects

July 03, 2007
Video analysis of 10 players drafted after the first round in this year's draft.

Breaking Down The Draft’s 1st Round: Picks 21-30

June 25, 2007
Video analysis of picks 21-30 in this year's draft.

Breaking Down The Draft’s 1st Round: Picks 11-20

June 20, 2007
A mechanics analysis (with video) of picks 11-20 in this year's draft.

Breaking down the draft’s 1st round: Picks 1-10

June 14, 2007
A hitting and pitching mechanics' review (with video) of the top 50 picks in this year's draft.

The New and Improved Josh Beckett

May 30, 2007
A video analysis of Josh Beckett's mechanical adjustments.

Carlos Zambrano’s Lower Arm Slot: cause for concern?

May 21, 2007
Is Big Z hiding an injury? Let's see what the video tells us.

Phil Hughes Part 2: More video analysis

May 08, 2007
A follow-up to Tuesday's article.

If It Ain’t Broke

May 01, 2007
A look at the differences in Phil Hughes' mechanics between this year and last.

Breaking Down the Broken Down-A video analysis of Mark Prior

April 18, 2007
Q: How different are Mark Prior's mechanics compared to previous years?
A: VERY.

Let's take a look using video from previous years.

Today’s Worst Arm Action… in the World

April 12, 2007
Shut your eyes if you need to. This is Mark Redman, today's nominee for worst arm action in the world.

Bringin’ Some Serious Cheese: Rich Harden

March 15, 2007
Today, we examine Rich Harden's mechanics in order to find possible causes of injury.

Bringin’ Some Serious Cheese: Matt Cain

March 05, 2007
Looking for a breakout candidate? Here's a video review of Matt Cain's awesome mechanics.

The $103,000,000 mechanics of Daisuke Matsuzaka

February 26, 2007
Will Daisuke Matsuzaka continue to show the durability he has exhibited during his early career? Let's check out the video and come up with some answers....

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