In the Fall of 2014, a tall skinny 17-year-old right-hander strolled into The ARMory®. His name was Logan Gilbert. His father shared with me that Logan had been performing pretty well on the travel ball circuit and had garnered some interest from college recruiters but only small schools. Logan began working with the ARMory and since then he sugned a scholarship to play at Stetson university where over 3 years, he posted a 23-3 record with a 2.48 ERA (69 earned runs in 250 2/3 innings pitched ) with 313 strikeouts and 77 walks in 52 games (33 starts). Logan was named the 2018 ASUN Pitcher of the Year. On June 4th he was selected by the Seattle Mariners as the #14 overall pick, eventually signing a reported $3,883,800 contract. In 2024, Logan was named to the AL All-Star team.

Tyler Danish began training at The ARMory at the age of 15. After a record-setting high school and travel ball career, he was the 52nd overall pick in the 2016 draft. He ascended to the major leagues quickly, but things began to unravel. Released and out of affiliated baseball, he returned to the ARMory for a life-changing reset. In the spring of 2021, after two years of grueling work he signed a minor league contract with the Angels. He posted positive results and in 2022, he signed a free agent contract with the Boston Red Sox. He spent most of 2022 in the big leagues and performed well. His story is inspirational example of perseverance and determination. In the face of failure and adversity, he never gave up. He credits The Florida Baseball ARMory for reviving his career and changing his life.

In the summer of 2020, Randy Sullivan watched a Major League Baseball hopeful throw inside the Florida Baseball ARMory. Looking at the data, collected with a TrackMan device and a mound measuring the ground reaction to the pitcher’s delivery, the ARMory staff noticed something they could improv upon the young left-hander’s change-up. A small tweak, they thought, could go a long way. Then a bit of doubt crept in. “Wait, wait, wait,” Sullivan recalled thinking. “We’re about to tell Tom Glavine’s son how to throw a change-up?”

Not only did the tweak help Peyton Glavine's changeup, the individualized plan designed for Peyton helped him gain velocity. The work was crunched into just under a month. And when Sullivan shared the numbers with the Washington Nationals, showing Glavine’s baseline velocity raised from 86 mph to almost 90, General Manager Mike Rizzo’s front office signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2021. Read More about Peyton Glavine's velo gains.

With the 32nd overall pick in the 2008 draft, the Milwaukee Brewers selected Jake Odorizzi. Later traded to the Kansas City Royals and then to the Tampa Bay Rays, he made his big league debut in 2012. Struggling through a back injury in 2017, he turned in a disappointing 2018 season. On the recommendation of his teammate, Kyle Gibson, he spent the the off-season training at The ARMory. In 2019, with a 2.5 mph increase in his average fastball velocity fastball he posted the best numbers of his career.

During an MLB Network interview, Odo credited his off-season training at FBA for his success. Click to see more about the specifics of Jake’s off-season training click here.

A first round pick out of the Missouri in 2009, Gibson underwent a Tommy John surgery in 2011. Nagging arm pain inhibited his performance for the next five years. In December of 2016, Gibson stopped by the Florida Baseball ARMory looking for a solution. After his initial visit, remote training, and a follow up session in late January. We took all that information and created a comprehensive training plan that specifically addressed all the possible contributors sub par performance and/or paint. Kyle executed his plan well and by the time spring training rolled around, he was pain-free, well conditioned, and ready for action. In 2018, he made 32 starts , lasting longer than six innings 20 times. His average fastball velocity jumped from 92.0 mph to 93 mph, and he showed workhorse durability, logging over 196 innings. Kyle entered free agency in 2019 in a favorable position and agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers on a 3-year, $30 million contract. Read about Kyle’s experience with the ARMory here.

Read about what Kyle told mlb.com about his experience with the ARMory.

Chosen by the Detroit Tigers as the second overall pick of the 2004 MLB draft, Verlander’s early career could be described as a metric rise to the top of the game. The pinnacle came in 2011 when he won both the Cy Young and AL MVP awards. By 2015, however, Verlander’s stuff had started to wane. After the worst statistical year of his career that saw his normally blazing 98+ mph fastball dip into the low 90s, JV checked in at The Florida Baseball ARMory on the last day of the 2016 Spring Training. “I’m a stuff guy.” He said. “I want my stuff back.” Working remotely between starts, Verlander found his fastball and finished the season as the Cy Young runner up. He returned to the ARMory for an off-season plan in early 2017, and went on to have another stellar year that culminated in a World Series Championship with the Houston Astros. Read more about Verlander’s visit to the ARMory here.

After posting consecutive 19 win seasons (2006, 2007) with the New York Yankees, Taiwan’s greatest superstar suffered broken foot in 2008. The injury cascaded into several shoulder injuries, as he struggled to make it back to the big leagues. After being released by the Yankees, Nationals, Braves, Yankees (again) and Mariners, Wang reported to The ARMory in November of 2015 with chronic shoulder pain topping at 80 mph. The pain in his shoulder was so debilitating, he could barely raise his hand to scratch his head. After a winter of hard work, he accepted a 2016 non-roster invitation to spring training with the Kansas City Royals. He surprised everyone by flashing 97 mph sinkers that were even better than in his prime. He played through one final season, inspired a nation of admirers, and wrote a triumphant ending to a Netflix documentary called Late Life: The Chien Ming Wang Story. Read all about his 2015-2016 off-season training in this blog called How Chien Ming Wang Got His Groove Back.