To Alabama youth, Whitley a teacher first, big leaguer second

For the past six years, Chase Whitley has spent part of his offseason training and teaching at the Excel Baseball Academy in Oxford, Ala., providing one-on-one pitching and hitting instruction to young athletes. The classes started as a way for a mid-level Draft pick to make ends meet on a Minor League salary, but as his career has blossomed, it has grown into much more.

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