Team Northwest 18U has won the PG MLK tournament in Arizona, and I couldn’t be more proud of our guys. The team had four Driveline Baseball athletes on the main roster with two being called up from the 16U team for the championship game, and everyone contributed in a huge way. Tons of kudos has to be given to coach Rob Tomlinson as well as Mike Brooks, who is the mastermind behind the entirety of the Team Northwest organization. As some of you may know, Mike and I will be figuring out ways to partner together and this will likely include a role in the development of the Team Northwest pitchers going forward, since some of the biggest contributors have already been Driveline clients! Perfect Game featured a story on the main page of their website, calling out Driveline client Drew Rasmussen: Rasmussen started the championship game and pitched three scoreless, hitless innings with four strikeouts and two walks. … Rasmussen did, indeed, pitch earlier in the tournament, a three-inning outing in which he didn’t allow a base runner and struck out seven. His line for the weekend: six innings pitched, no runs, no hits, 11 strikeouts and two walks, and for that effort he was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Pitcher. I can’t emphasize how proud I am of Drew for earning this honor. Drew was utterly dominant at the PG MLK event and has done the same thing at all national events – Area Code Games, Team USA trials, PG events, you name it. He simply gets guys out, pounds the strike zone, and competes hard. Just early last year, Drew was throwing 83-84 MPH and wasn’t even on the highest team of […]
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