The Baseball and Business Podcast

Former MLB player Casper Wells V shares from his 10 year pro ball career and journey afterwards building a career in business on Episode 46.  Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. What Casper's first call up taught him and allowed him to thrive hitting over .300 his first year in the big leagues 2. How Casper mentally prepared every day when in a platoon situation  3. H...

Former MLB player Nick Hagadone shares from his 5 year big league career and how this taught him to focus on incremental growth which he has carried into business on Episode 45. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Nick went from barely pitching as a freshman to being a 1st round pick as a junior out of the University of Washington 2. What it takes to be successful comi...

Former MLB pitching coach and pro player Rick Peterson takes us behind the scenes of constantly being on the cutting edge as a coach on Episode 44. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. What during Rick's college career piqued his interest in studying psychology  2. Rick selling Jerry Reinsdorf on investing into developing a sports psychology program which allowed him t...

Former MLB player Daniel McCutchen shares how he maximized his opportunities while playing and how this set him up afterwards to start his own business on Episode 43. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. Daniel's decision to take on a tough economics major while playing at the University of Oklahoma 2. Daniel's journey overcoming those who doubted him to make it t...

Private hitting consultant and former pro player Kevin Wilson shares from his own playing journey and how this led to guiding some of the best hitters in Major League Baseball since 2007 on Episode 42.  Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How the challenges faced as a player created the desire to create an all-in-one solution between mechanics, the mental side of the game...

Stage 4 brain cancer survivor and former college player Chase Jones shares from his comeback story on the University of North Carolina baseball team and beyond on Episode 41. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How the motivation to return to campus and the baseball field were main drivers that kept Chase going through intense cancer treatments 2. Why Chase believes every...

Former college player Larry Long Jr. shares from his time on the field at the University of Maryland and rise through the tech space in business on Episode 40. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Larry overcoming a 1 for 24 start as a freshman on his way to starting all 4 years and becoming a team captain prepared him to thrive in sales 2. Why Larry believes outside of...

Former pro player Mike McCarthy shares how after a 6 year pro ball career that touched every minor league level he transitioned into becoming a coach at the AAA level with the Twins on Episode 39. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Mike really put himself on the map his senior year in college which led to being drafted by the Red Sox in 2011 2. How Mike used most of h...

Former pro player Todd Blyleven shares how he used his baseball experiences and knowledge to create a career as a pro scout, employee for several large sports companies and now entrepreneur on Episode 38. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Todd wrestled through several jobs after playing before becoming a pro scout for the Angels and Rockies that signed Troy Tulowitzk...

Current pro player Anthony Shew shares how he's climbed through the Cardinals organization and become a web developer along the way on Episode 37.  Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...  1. How Anthony's first pro ball paychecks led him to develop to a second skill set to make money on the journey to the big leagues  2. His story of being 1 of 400+ MiLB players "...

Former pro player Alex Farina shares how a line drive to the face abruptly ended his career and how he's bounced back in business on Episode 36. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation... 1. How sending letters to every GM in baseball his senior year cracked the door to getting two workouts and eventually signing with the Brewers 2. The unfortunate last pitch of his pro career...

Former college player Tyler Scaturro shares how he began his business career working for Pocket Radar in the early startup days 8 years ago and how he's developed into a key player that has made it the established company it is today on Episode 35.  Here are the highlights from our conversation...  1. How going the JUCO route out of high school helped setup stability on the field and classroo...

Former pro player CJ Beatty shares how he used his God given talents and combined them with baseball after stepping off the field to build a business that's empowering the next generation to win on the field on Episode 34.  Here are the highlights from our conversation...  1. CJ's perspective on how to be prepared to transition from college to pro ball  2. How CJ's voice was the spa...

Former college player Josh Shapiro shares how he turned a lifestyle on the field into a thriving business on Episode 33. Here are the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Josh's passion for the game combined with the early days of social media led to partnerships with some of the biggest baseball brands  2. The difficult decision Josh made which led to the launch of the Baseball Lifesty...

Oakland A's prospect Ryan Gridley shares how through the launch of his business ProCo+ he's created a solution to the financial challenges many minor leaguers face on Episode 32.  Here are the highlights from our conversation...  1. How Ryan went from being known more for his glove than bat as a freshman at Mississippi State to earning First Team All-SEC honors as junior hitting well ove...

Former college player Clayton Gelfand shares how he's turned the page from winning 3 conference championships, a D2 College World Series appearance and playing in the Cape Cod League in undergrad to now maximizing the window of time as a current student in the J.D.-M.B.A. program at Michigan State on Episode 31. Here are the highlights from our conversation... 1. How Clayton turned a resume a...

This week former pro player and current VP of Product Development at Original Nations Walt Nolen shares his story from playing in the Cubs organization to business executive and now partner on Episode 30.Here are the highlights from our conversation…⚾ How Walt dealt with the promising potential of being drafted as a junior in college to eventually signing as a non-drafted free agent with the Cubs...

Former college player and owner of Athletes Brand Kyle Mauch shares the story behind how he has helped 1500 pro athletes fully maximize the platform since starting his company on Episode 29.Here are the highlights from our conversation...1. How a back injury ended Kyle's playing career but sparked going all in on business2. How an ultimatum from Kyle's brother led to Kyle entering a cont...

Former college player and current medical school student Jonathan Melms shares from his journey on the field and how this has prepared him for his biggest test on Episode 28. Here are the highlights from our conversation…1. How juggling being a student-athlete at Macalester College prepared Jonathan for med school by being at an academically challenging school while playing baseball 2. Why having...

The transition from playing baseball to business can be one of the most challenging situations that we as baseball players face. This week former college player and Founder of Baseball and Business Luke Melms shares a few questions that have been emailed in recently and shares his thoughts and perspective on Episode 27. Here are the questions that were discussed…1. How do I overcome the struggle w...

Former MLB player and 2006 1st Round Pick of the Padres Matt Antonelli shares from the highs and lows of his pro ball career and how this perfectly positioned him to coach after his playing career in Episode 26.  Here are the highlights from our conversation…1. Why Matt decided to go to college versus signing after being drafted out of high school 2. How Matt's journey going from draft pick t...

Former D1 college player and Navy SEAL Jason Kuhn shares from his time on the mound, in special ops and how both led to starting his company Stonewall Solutions on Episode 25. Here are the highlights from our conversation...1. How Jason went from dealing on the mound for a Top 25 team at Middle Tennessee State to losing complete control as a senior because of performance anxiety otherwise known as...

Former pro player and Red Sox draft pick Jeff Natale shares on Episode 24 from his journey in pro ball making it to AAA along with his transition to the other side where he recently took the dive into entrepreneurship. Here are the highlights from our conversation...1. How Jeff was able to get attention of pro scouts and ultimately get drafted by the Red Sox in 2005 as a senior out of D3 Trinity C...

Former D1 player Alex Tuccio shares how the idea for starting his business ScoutDay was the byproduct of his own recruiting journey as a high school player on Episode 23. Here are the highlights from our conversation...1. How Alex's transition from Seton Hall to Siena after one semester was an importnat part of the journey that birthed ScoutDay  2. How the initial investor in ScoutDay falling...

Former big leaguer with the Red Sox Jonathan Van Every shares from his 8 year journey through the minors before making his big league debut on Episode 22. Here are the highlights from our conversation...1. His experience playing on a defending World Series championship team in Boston along with facing Araldis Chapman and Mariano Rivera 2. Going back to school at 31 to get a Bachelor's degree...