Chris Bassitt used Yusmeiro Petit’s workout regimen to get through baseball’s shutdown period, meaning he threw tons of long toss and ran and ran and ran some more.
The A’s swingman didn’t have the facilities or ability to throw to live hitters while the country largely sheltered in place in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, so he made the best of what he had working out near his Ohio home.
Bassitt reported to A’s summer camp in fantastic shape using the Petit method, which the pair can be seen employing to this day.
Bassitt picked a good example to follow.