DVS Baseball

03/12/2026

Building a skyscraper on a swamp is a recipe for disaster.

In the pitching world, we see it every day. Athletes chase triple-digit velocity on a foundation of poor mechanics and ignored physical constraints. It looks impressive until the ground shifts. That is when the injury happens.

At DVS Baseball, our M.V.P. Program is built on a different philosophy: The Development Pyramid.

1. Foundation: Medical history, physical function, and biomechanical efficiency (DVS Score).
2. Stability: Consistently executing the delivery under stress.
3. Performance: The peak. This is where the velocity lives.

The height of your peak is strictly limited by the width of your base. If you want to throw harder for longer, you don't start with a weighted ball. You start with the ground.

Objective data removes the guesswork. We use markerless biomechanical analysis to see exactly how you create energy. We fix the foundation before we push the gas pedal.

Velocity is the result of a sound process, not the goal itself.

Build the base. The peak will follow.

Learn more about our M.V.P. Program: www.dvsbaseball.

03/11/2026

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene is set to undergo his second elbow surgery since entering professional baseball. After analyzing more than 4,000 MLB pitchers, this pattern has become increasingly familiar.

In today’s game, elite velocity alone is not enough to sustain a career. There is a subtle mechanical window in the pitching delivery—often missed—that determines whether a pitcher’s body can support high velocity over time. Hunter Greene’s situation highlights a sequencing issue many pitchers face, and why correcting it could be the difference between short bursts of dominance and a durable career.

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene is set to undergo his second elbow surgery since entering professional baseball. After analyzing more than 4,000 MLB pitchers, this pattern has become increasingly familiar. In today’s game, elite velocity alone is not enough to sustain a career. There is a subtle...

03/04/2026

Facilities: here's how to turn biomechanics into recurring revenue (and prove ROI).

Most training facilities are stuck in a lesson-to-lesson grind. You are selling time, not results. It’s a model that’s difficult to scale and even harder to prove.

The solution isn't more cages. It’s better data.

DVS X-Ray turns any standard training cage into a biomechanical lab. No sensors. No markers. No $100k overhead. It’s markerless scalability designed for high-volume environments.

It delivers a medically validated DVS Score: the objective ROI every parent is looking for.

When a parent sees a progress report that quantifies their child’s injury risk and mechanical efficiency, the conversation shifts. You aren't just a coach; you are a practitioner managing a career.

This objective feedback anchors the M.V.P. Program. It creates a structured, phase-based pathway that keeps athletes in your building for months, not weeks.

Revenue grows when trust is backed by evidence.

Quality control isn't an option in modern pitching; it’s the standard.

Stop guessing. Start measuring.

Talent opens doors. Durability keeps them open.

02/25/2026

The industry has spent years chasing velocity, often at the expense of a pitcher’s ability to repeat their delivery. But for a pitcher to truly excel, command must be treated as a trainable skill rooted in biomechanics. Our recent work focuses on using DVS X-Ray to identify the mechanical keys to elite strike-throwing. By analyzing how a pitcher sequences their movements, we can identify exactly why a delivery breaks down and how to build a more repeatable, efficient path to the zone.

Check out our lates article where we teach you how to use the DVS X-Ray Software to teach and train a pitcher's command.

Article Link: https://www.dvsbaseball.com/articles/how-can-we-use-dvs-x-ray-to-improve-a-pitchers-command

01/30/2026

In the last six months, we’ve added 4,500 youth pitchers to our DVS X-Ray database.

And we continue to see similar DVS Score distributions from amateur baseball to Major League Baseball.

Whether you agree or disagree with the basis and value of our Delivery Value System, or prefer a different biomechanics model, how a pitcher moves to throw a baseball matters.

You can call it mechanics, biomechanics, the delivery, sequencing, movement patterns, whatever terminology you like. A pitch can’t happen without moving, and the movement pattern shapes the forces a pitcher has to manage.

And as velocity increases, the margin for error decreases. The harder you throw, the more important it becomes that your body is creating force with the right blend of mass, leverage, and energy—not just effort.

That’s the point of quantifying mechanics. Not to turn pitchers into robots. Not to erase individuality. It’s to provide structure in how we evaluate the delivery and how we teach the foundation—so athletes and coaches have a shared language, and a pitcher can understand what he’s doing quickly without needing a biomechanics degree.

You can be individualistic. You can advocate for motor preferences. You can say “every pitcher is different.”

All true.

But when you look at distribution patterns, the distribution isn’t random. In our dataset, roughly 45% of pitchers fall at a total DVS Score of 12 or below—the portion of the population our model flags as higher risk mechanics.
In our model, MLB pitchers with a DVS Score of 16 or higher throw more innings before a major arm injury eventand carry less pitch-to-pitch arm injury risk than lower-scoring peers.

Even if you don’t “teach mechanics,” almost everything in training still teaches mechanics. Throwing programs, weighted balls, and plyo drills into a wall, they all reinforce a movement pattern. Even strength & conditioning programs influence the pitcher's perception of how to feel and create force.

The best outcomes for players are when the industry gets more aligned, more measurable, and more collaborative.

There are 15,000 unique combinations that can produce a total DVS Score, and about 2,400 of those fit a low-risk mechanics profile. We’ve watched these storylines play out for years, and now, with a growing network of DVS Trainers, we’re able to have better conversations in more communities.

Let the players tell the story.

Full Article Link: https://lnkd.in/eGpUpbVe

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How a pitcher moves matters. A pitch can’t happen without movement, and movement shapes the forces a pitcher has to manage."In our latest analysis of 4,500 y...

01/28/2026

How do you know if your off-season velocity gains will survive the season?

Many programs are built on a "business model" to prove immediate velocity increases. However, gains built on brute force and late, high-stress bursts often vanish by May. Durability requires a "season-long model" focused on efficiency.

The latest DVS Arm Impulse Metrics help you determine if your gains are sustainable by looking at the true cost of the throw.

Impulse: This measures how effectively force is transferred over the entire duration of the throw, rather than just isolated, violent peaks.

Acceleration Smoothness: This is the ultimate efficiency check. As seen in the "Wrist Velocity Curves," we look for the actual acceleration (blue line) to closely mirror the perfect acceleration curve (red line).

The Goal: The closer your movement mirrors that ideal path, the more efficient your energy transfer is, reducing peak stress on the arm throughout a long season.

Don't wait for a mid-season velocity dip or an injury to evaluate your mechanics. Move beyond the radar gun and understand the physics of your delivery.

01/27/2026

What makes you different?

Every year, MLB organizations invest millions into the top three pitchers in the draft. Yet, our data shows that talent alone isn't protecting them from major trauma.

The Stat: High school draftees average just 160 innings before a major injury.

The Stat: College draftees hit that same wall at an average of 307 innings.

The Reality: Only 6.5% of these pitchers—like Aaron Nola—actually reach the 200-inning mark in the big leagues.

If the "best" pitchers are breaking down this fast, how do you know if your mechanics can handle the workload?

To have a long career, you must have a mechanical foundation that supports increased performance. We’ve made that foundation accessible through our M.V.P. Plus program. You can now record your throwing sessions on your phone and upload them directly to DVS for an expert review.

Limited Offer: We are providing a significant discount to the first 10 pitchers who take this step toward longevity.

Your M.V.P. Plus Package includes:

DVS Score: Know exactly where your efficiency stands.

Delivery Review: We identify the specific flaws putting your arm at risk.

First Training Session: The roadmap to a durable, high-performance career.

Ready to be the exception? 💬 Comment "SEQUENCE" to receive your discount code and start your evaluation.

01/19/2026

Preseason isn’t just “getting your arm in shape.”

At DVS Baseball, we look at preseason as the window to build a delivery that allows the arm to show up on time—so it can accelerate the way a healthy arm is supposed to: smooth, efficient, sustainable.

Our “On-Time” checkpoint:
At foot strike, the throwing forearm and the spine should be within ~10° of parallel.

Why it matters: when the arm arrives late, it has to rush. And rushed acceleration is where command falls off—and stress climbs.

Most preseason volume happens on flat ground, not a mound. So if you want timing to hold up when intent rises, flat ground is where you earn it.

Two cues we coach every day:

Match the slope (even on flat ground): move like you’re going down a mound.

Start with the rear foot: square to the rubber (toe slightly in is fine), then at the top of knee lift roll the ankle toward the target to set pressure and sequence earlier.

Inside DVS X-Ray, we quantify early sequencing as Mass & Momentum (MM) and connect it to arm output with Acceleration Smoothness. The goal is simple: get on time so acceleration can be smooth.

Watch the clip, then read the full breakdown here:
https://www.dvsbaseball.com/articles/be-on-time-this-preseason-the-flat-ground-key-for-pitchers-to-protect-the-throwing-arm-and-accelerate-smoothly

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow we launch the DVS X-Ray 5.0 Black Friday Bundle — featuring the DVS Mocap Kit + 12-Month Core License, built on our new Arm Impulse Metrics and Development Reports.

Exclusive offer goes live Friday.

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Save 35% on the DVS X-Ray 5.0 Black Friday Bundle. Includes the DVS Mocap Kit and Core License for full pitching biomechanics, Arm Impulse, and DVS Score analysis.

11/18/2025

DVS X-Ray 5.0 arrives on Black Friday.

New metrics. Smarter logic. A clearer way to prove you’re actually improving your pitchers.

We built 5.0 to make development easier to see, easier to explain, and easier to share.

👀 Want to see X-Ray 5.0 before Black Friday?

https://www.dvsbaseball.com/black-friday

09/28/2025

DVS Baseball was built on the foundation of quantifying a pitcher's arm health using the Delivery Value System.

As we continue to expand our research, DVS Baseball is now expanding the conversation on a pitcher's arm health plus performance.

For years, we have known that improving a pitcher's DVS Score has positive benefits for the health and function of a pitcher's throwing arm, translating to improvements in pitch outputs, especially pitch velocity.

Through our DVS X-Ray software, we can now provide detailed information on how much energy, power, acceleration, and time (distance) a pitcher is accumulating into each pitch. Being able to quantify the value in how a pitcher's velocity is created, not just how much is achieved, is a step in the right direction for the sport, especially in youth baseball, where the pursuit of velocity is paramount.

Our clients will soon have the ability to generate data from each pitch, providing Arm Impulse metrics to help further educate pitchers on how to build velocity as part of their training safely.

Arm Impulse will quantify how much velocity is gained and how long the acceleration is sustained. A higher Arm Impulse index means a pitcher is sustaining acceleration longer and more effectively. This index provides better support for high-pitch velocities while reducing stress on the elbow and shoulder, as the arm is not forced into a sudden "jolt" but is accelerated more smoothly and powerfully over time.

08/14/2025

Be Part of the Next Breakthrough in Pitching Development

We are inviting 10 college baseball programs to participate in a collaborative R&D initiative for DVS X-Ray. This opportunity provides access to our professional-grade biomechanics platform while working directly with the DVS Baseball team on research that will influence the future of pitching.

Participating programs will have full access to DVS X-Ray — our markerless motion capture and analysis platform that delivers professional-grade biomechanics insights in minutes. Using two high-speed cameras and proprietary AI-powered software, DVS X-Ray generates objective, medically published metrics on a pitcher’s delivery, including injury risk assessment, velocity potential, and sequencing efficiency.

This technology is trusted at every level of baseball to help pitchers understand how the sequencing of their delivery impacts both their short- and long-term health.

As part of this collaboration, your program will also be among the first to integrate Arm Impulse, our groundbreaking new metric that measures how pitchers generate and transfer energy through the arm. Your pitchers’ profiles will contribute to building the most comprehensive Arm Impulse database in the college game, advancing both performance insight and injury prevention.

This R&D license is a cost-effective integration designed to fit most college budgets, offering high value for any size program. With only 10 licenses available, this collaborative effort combines meaningful research participation with direct benefits to pitcher health and performance.

📩 Contact us today to learn more or confirm your participation: https://lnkd.in/e9i8bg_5

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