Diamond Data The system
Optimize before.
Track during.
Teach after.
Diamond Data PRO and Hit & Hustle Tracker are separate products because they answer separate questions. Used in sequence they close the loop between the decision you make before the first pitch and the conversation you have after the last one.
Two questions
One is strategy.
The other is execution.
Who should hit where?
- Analytics and lineup optimization
- Uses OBP and SLG to build the order
- Maximizes expected run production
- Compares lineup against lineup
- Answers a question before the game
How did they execute?
- Performance and development tracking
- Records quality at-bats and hustle plays
- Focuses on effort and execution
- Builds a reviewable game history
- Answers a question during and after
A lineup optimizer cannot tell you how those hitters competed once the game started. A quality at-bat tracker cannot tell you what order to bat them in. Neither product pretends to do the other's job.
The loop
A six-step coaching cycle.
Nothing here requires a statistics background. It requires doing the same six things every week and letting the information accumulate.
Know your hitters
Collect the offensive numbers that describe what each hitter is actually producing right now.
Build the order
Diamond Data PRO structures the batting order to maximize projected run production.
Play the game
The lineup goes on the field. Baseball does what baseball does.
Record what happens
Hit & Hustle Tracker logs quality at-bats and hustle plays as the game unfolds.
Review beyond hits
Recognize execution, effort and team-first baseball with specific evidence in hand.
Update and repeat
As production changes the inputs change — and next week's decision is better than last week's.
How the data behaves
Connected in workflow.
Independent in data.
This is deliberate, and worth understanding before you start.
One-time copy
A Diamond Data PRO team can be imported into Hit & Hustle Tracker as a convenience. It copies the roster across.
No live link
After the import the two teams are independent. Editing the HHT team does not edit the DDP team.
Clearing is contained
Clearing Hit & Hustle data never alters anything in Diamond Data PRO.
One account
Both apps use the same login, so there is one subscription identity and nothing to reconcile.
Strategy before the game.
Execution during it.
Development after.
Better information does not make the decision for you. It makes the decision defensible.