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Adam Stone offseason training at ATP

College pitcher to professional

Adam Stone

Add velocity without giving up durability, and turn a college arm into a professional one.

Outcome

93 to 97 mph. 185 to 215 lb. Harvard to a professional contract.

Mound velocity
93to97mph
Bodyweight
185to215lb
Deadlift
315to435lb

Where it started.

A long, lean college pitcher throwing 93 with a 315 lb deadlift and 300 ft of long toss. Plenty of arm, not yet enough body behind it.

What they wanted

To pitch professionally, which meant becoming stronger and heavier without losing the arm speed that made him a prospect.

What ATP saw.

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Adam Stone offseason training at ATP

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In order.

What came first, and what came after.

  1. Priority 1: Bodyweight and strength (185 to 215 lb; deadlift 315 to 435)

  2. Priority 2: Translating strength into throwing output (long toss 300 to 360 ft; 93 to 97 mph)

  3. Priority 3: Sustaining it: offseason training with ATP every year since

What we did.

The tools follow the diagnosis. Every item here was chosen after the priorities were set.

Adam Stone training at ATP

Interventions

  • Remote strength and power programming, baseball-specific

Format

  • Remote programming, with on-site offseason blocks in Stamford

What changed.

December 2019 onward; still training with ATP in the offseason

  • 01Mound velocity 93 to 97 mph in 15 months
  • 02Bodyweight 185 to 215 lb; deadlift 315 to 435 lb; 12 bodyweight chin-ups; 245 lb reverse lunge; long toss 300 to 360 ft
  • 03USA Collegiate National Team 2021; signed by the New York Yankees, July 2022
  • 04A 97.0 mph four-seam fastball tracked in the Arizona Fall League, October 16, 2025, public confirmation of the 97 on ATP's radar
  • 052026, High-A South Bend in the Chicago Cubs organization: 2.20 ERA in 27 games, 44 strikeouts in 49 innings

On the record

  1. 2019-04 → 2020-07Mound velocity 93 to 97 mph; 185 to 215 lb; deadlift 315 to 435ATP-published case (joshheenan.com)
  2. 2021USA Collegiate National TeamHarvard Athletics
  3. 2022-07Signed with the New York Yankees as a post-draft free agentHarvard Athletics; The Harvard Crimson
  4. 2025-10-16Arizona Fall League, Mesa Solar SoxFour-seam fastball tracked at 97.0 mph, averaging 94.3MLB pitch tracking (Statcast), game feed
  5. 2026High-A South Bend, Chicago Cubs organization6-2, 2.20 ERA, 27 games, 44 strikeouts in 49 inningsBaseball-Reference

Now.

Professional pitcher. Returns to ATP every offseason.

“I've become stronger and more stable. Being able to use the movements I do at ATP and translate them to movements I perform in-game. Taking a more baseball-specific approach to my workouts.”
Adam Stone
Reviewing findings together at ATP

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