KENT, Wash. — In 2023, major league hopeful Chris Davis had himself an MVP season.
"Last year was my first full season of professional baseball up in the USPBL in Michigan, and I had far and away the best of my career," Davis said.
So, what does Chris credit for his success? It may lie in a warehouse in south King County.
"We have people fly literally all over from the world, to come to Kent," said Deven Morgan with Driveline Baseball.
From little to major leaguers, Driveline Baseball has been helping baseball players improve their game since they threw opened their doors in 2009.
"What we focus on really is player development, for baseball players to develop the whole baseball player. Not just the skill side, but also the athletic engine underneath," Morgan said.
Though there's baseball training facilities in every state, Driveline's data-driven approach has made it the most sought-after development destination in the country.
"The system and the insights are, I think, what separates us from a lot of other places," Morgan said. "The way that we leverage data, the way that we interpret that data to be able to give guys insight and what they need to work on. And then the system to help them develop those things, get better utilizing basically what we call a very simple test, retest methodology."
Those tests involve the latest high-tech equipment that picks up and breaks down information on each player.
"We can capture some data about how you're performing right now, develop a training plan, you execute it," Morgan said. "We want to retest and see how much better you actually get, which is just a system that fundamentally is very different than the way that baseball is typically trained."
That training has brought hundreds of major league baseball players through Driveline's doors - all trying to take their game to the next level.
"All-Stars, Cy Young winners, MVP's. It's basically a laundry list of some of the best of the best," Morgan said.
Even several Seattle Mariner players come to Driveline, including Ty France and JP Crawford.
"JP was a guy who has all the tools in the world and needed some bat speed in order to improve his capacity as a hitter," said Morgan. “For a guy like that, who's going to work that hard and is so driven, you just give him that type of clarity of information, and then just let him take off and do the rest."
As for major league hopefuls like Chris Davis, Driveline Baseball is helping them get one step closer to the show.
Davis added, "You're not here if you don't think you can play major league baseball, because what's the point? What's the point if you can't take it to the top."
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