A clean, printed scouting report in the coach's hands before game day: tendencies, danger players, positioning, wristband cards.
It started with a few parents talking about Greg Maddux, who got Hall of Famers out because he always knew something they didn't, always one step ahead of opposing hitters.
So we built EDGE. At first it was just the grown-ups: a few parents and grandparents in lawn chairs, comparing notes. But some of the sharpest reads started coming from what I'd have figured was an unlikely source: the eyes on the bench. It grew from a couple of grown-ups, to the kids, to everyone: moms, dads, grandparents, a sibling with a good eye. Players hop on their e-bikes and ride over to scout the other team themselves, because why not? Every set of eyes chips away at the mystery of the "big scary" kid on the other side, before the first pitch is ever thrown.
But here's the real magic: it doesn't matter how the read shows up. Two words from a kid behind the backstop, a photo of a scribbled notebook, a text from another parent, a stat page, a gut feeling. It all goes in the same place, and comes back out as one clean sheet the coach can actually hold. EDGE doesn't care what form it arrives in. It just turns it into an edge.
It's small, focused, and genuinely fun. A side project, not a tech company. Some parents, some grandparents, some kids, and a little baseball, or softball. We're not trying to sell you the world. Just an edge.
Live human eyes on the dugout plus the raw game data: pitch counts, tendencies, who runs.
We distill it into a real scouting report: breakdowns, threat levels, positioning. The signal, not the noise.
A printed report in the dugout, plus cut-out wristband cards your players wear to the plate.
Paper in the coach's hands before the first pitch. Nothing to log in to, nothing to charge.
Lineup, tendencies, and the team's shape at a glance.
Color-coded threat levels: problem, watch, routine.
Where each hitter sprays it, so your fielders stand in the right spot.
Cut out, slide into a wristband, wear it to the plate. The read goes onto the field with the kid.
Pre-launch, small on purpose. Drop a line and we'll let you know when there's a sheet with your team's name on it.