When it comes to baseball, Brody Brecht is trying to display mental and physical toughness on the mound. Drafted in 2024, Brecht has displayed some early high-octane stuff on the mound, but he’s still a work in progress.

A background in football helped him build up the determination to refine his skills on the mound as he enters his first professional season as a baseball player. Pitching with the Low-A Fresno Grizzlies, we caught up with Brecht to discuss his pitching approach and philosophy, his decision to pursue baseball over football professionally, and more.

The effort to increase his command and refine his effectiveness on the mound in the transition from thrower to pitcher will certainly be a key aspect of his development. His powerful arm is certainly going to carry him far, but that effort to improve his secondaries to three reliable pitches is going to carry him even further.

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