Down In The Dirt Podcast

National Signing Day 2026! The day when all High School Seniors around the country sign their National Letter of Intent to play College Sports. I was blessed to have 7 JAYS Players signing their national letters of intent. The JAYS have 10 total players who are currently committed to play College Baseball in the 2026 class. 2 had their signing day in the Fall, and another hasn't had a signing day...

Here's to more podcast content in 2026! No seriously, I enjoy getting to share my knowledge with ballplayers who want to be GREAT so if you're tuning in, I appreciate you! Updating you on what's been going on the last few years, with more podcast content now coming in 2026. We appreciate you choosing to listen to this episode, be sure to share it with a friend and subscribe so that you will know w...

In the 1st episode of 2024 for the Down in the Dirt Podcast, Were going to talk about how you as an athlete not having a brand on Social Media is hurting you and you're missing out on opportunity to gain exposure and build an income. Carson will give you the blueprint to building your own brand on social media, how to do it, when to post, and how to build a content strategy to effectively be able...

In this episode, we return to the Down in the Dirt Podcast Brand as we begin as new season of getting dirty talking baseball! I go into detail about a social media post earlier in the week where I was talking about how Social Media videos could be pushing College Coaches away from you, and how you can fix that to draw their interest in to you. We want to use Social Media to our fullest advantage a...

In this episode, we discuss how there are various opportunities in a game that you as a player can take advantage of to continue getting exposure, even without having fielded a ball on defense or putting in the ball play at the plate. Be sure to be aware of these little details & take pride in showcasing your self during these times when other guys may not be. ONE PCT BTR 🦁 MY LINKS! Apply for 1:...

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With Summer Showcase teams around the country preparing to start their Summer Tournament seasons within the next few weeks, in todays Solo Podcast Episode of the One Percent Academy Podcast, I want to take you guys through a few tips that High School guys can do to begin gaining exposure during the recruiting process. Getting recruited to play College Baseball involves more than just your athletic...

Brooks Benson joins the One Percent Academy Podcast to share his journey to Professional Baseball. Brooks went to Junior College at Garden City Community College, before transferring to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and then transferring one more time to Southwest Oklahoma State University. Once he finished his College Career, Brooks drove around the country to attend Professional Tryouts...

Solo episode today, as Carson shares with you why your Grades are the most important key when it comes to getting recruited to play College Baseball. Carson shares with you why your grades will affect what colleges you are able to attend and what to do to improve them. Carson also goes over your ACT and SAT scores, along with the minimal GPA Requirements to be eligible to play in College, and what...

SURPRISE! Welcome back to the One Percent Academy Podcast. It has been a while since a podcast has been released, so in this episode Carson will catch you up with what he has been up to, what has kept him from podcasting, and what the future of releasing future podcast episodes will look like going forward. Carson also shares with you why it is important to network and make connections in your bas...

On this weeks episode of the One Percent Academy Podcast where we are striving to get One Percent Better Everyday, I am joined by my 2 co-host, Pete Yorgen and Justin Kortessis, and we our buddy Jake Binder on the show. During this episode, Jake takes us through his development process as a pitcher, from growing up in New York, to playing travel baseball and going to showcases to try and figure ou...

On this weeks episode of the One Percent Academy Podcast where we are striving to get One Percent Better Everyday, We have Professional Baseball Player Skylar Mercado on the show, along with my 2 Co-Host Pete Yorgen and Justin Kortessis. Skylar talks about his upbringing in the Bronx, New York and how playing stickball helped him develop into the baseball player he is today, but also how it allowe...

In the 1st episode of the new One Percent Academy Podcast, I am co hosted by the 1st 2 guests of the show, Pete Yorgen & Justin Kortessis. We give a recap of our seasons we just finished up this last year and talk about some of the adversities we had to face along the way. We talk about what we are doing together in Florida and some of the best routes to take to be able to get into independent bas...

On Episode #15 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I talk with Ronnie Williams, who is a Pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals Organization. Ronnie talks about his experience of being drafted out of high school and the emotions he had, from not only getting drafted but getting to spend that day with his family. After signing his Professional Contract and heading off to Rookie Ball, Ronnie shares the adj...

Episode #14 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, is part 2 of my conversation with Strength and Conditioning Coach, Michael Richards, owner of Elite Athletic Performance LLC. Michael and I continue our conversation from last week where in this episode we will touch on weighted ball training and how it has been the cause of the velocity jump in the MLB. He goes on to debunks some myths that go along wi...

Episode #13 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, is part 1 of my conversation with Strength and Conditioning Coach, Michael Richards, owner of Elite Athletic Performance LLC. Michael talks about what lead him down the road into strength and conditioning and how what he learned from his own career, he helps kids apply to their own life. He understands the importance of taking responsibility of your car...

Episode #12 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast is Part 2 of welcoming back the first 2 guests of the show, Pete Yorgen and Justin Kortessis In part 2 of my conversation with Pete and Justin, we talk about the some of the struggles you go through being in a foreign country and some of the uncertainty that comes with it when it comes to reflecting on your career, Justin sheds some light though on how i...

Episode #11 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast welcomes back the first 2 guests of the show, Pete Yorgen and Justin Kortessis They sit back down with me to talk about how each of their seasons went. We begin by talking about where we all started this season and how our plans soon changed afterwords and we dealt with some of the adversities we go through in Professional Baseball. We then start ramblin...

In episode #10 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I have a round table discussion with my teammates who already have multiple years of Professional Baseball experience while we are on a road trip in Colorado. Featured in the podcast is Cutter McDowell, Garrett Totty, Nick Snyder, Zack Kammerman, Shane Brown, Layne Gusler, Rich Edwards, Kyle Porter, Peter Pena, and a Guest Appearance by David Peterso...

In episode #9 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I have a round table discussion with my teammates who already have multiple years of Professional Baseball experience while we are on a road trip in Colorado. Featured in the podcast is Cutter McDowell, Garrett Totty, Nick Snyder, Zack Kammerman, Shane Brown, Layne Gusler, Rich Edwards, Kyle Porter, Peter Pena, and a Guest Appearance by David Peterson...

In episode #8 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I talk with my teammate from the last 2 years, Peter Pena. Pete takes us through his journey of playing baseball in the Northeast and how different it is because of the weather. He talks to us about his love of baseball, where that came from and how he was a 2 sport athlete before deciding to pursue baseball. Pete went on to play college baseball befo...

In episode #7 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I talk with Arizona Diamondbacks Scout, Chris Carminucci. Chris is a former Professional Baseball Player and Manager and is now a Major League Scout with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Chris and I talk about the benefits of playing Independent Baseball and how it is another route for those that aspire to continue playing or may have been released from affi...

What an exciting episode I have for you guys today! On Episode 6 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I’m joined by my good buddy Yardwork Andrew from The Yardwork Podcast, for a Collab Podcast. It’s crazy the way the baseball world works, Andrew being another guy I’ve connected with on social media, but this episode is LIT! We talk about the Red Sox vs Yankees series, The Red Sox struggles and how I'...

Episode number 5 of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I sit down with Austin Byler, who is a former Arizona Diamondback and now the Co-Founder of Major League University. This episode, fires me up! I had so much fun talking with Austin and just the passion and knowledge he has about the game, hearing the things he is doing with Major League University and how he is trying to develop the next generatio...

On the 4th episode of the Down In The Dirt Podcast, I am joined by my good friend and teammate Justin Kortessis. Justin and I were teammates this past year in California and also had the chance to go up to Canada and play together. In this Episode, Justin is gonna tell his story through baseball, from high school, 2 different junior colleges and finally ending up at his university. He will talk ab...