Step 1. Upload what you already have
Most coaches already have some form of opponent data: GameChanger screenshots, stat exports, tournament PDFs, a printed season report from a parent. You upload whatever you’ve got. No specific format required. You create a new report, name the opponent, drop files in, and move on.
Step 2. The system does the reading
The app reads every file and pulls out the stats that actually matter: hitters by performance, pitchers by usage and control, team tendencies like strikeout rate, walk rate, speed game, and extra-base threat. It cleans the data, cross-references across files, and flags where the sample is thin so you know what to trust.
Step 3. Get a coach-ready PDF
You get two downloads: the full Rival Report (a sharp, well-organized pre-game scouting doc) and a one-page dugout card that fits in your lineup book. Both are PDFs. Both are written in baseball language, not corporate AI-speak. Print them, share them with your staff, pull them up on your phone. Whichever fits your pre-game routine.
What’s in the Rival Report
- Opponent snapshot
- Hitters to know: who’s hot, who strikes out, who walks, who hits for power
- Pitching staff: who throws strikes, who walks everyone, how patient to be against each arm
- Team tendencies: strikeout rate, walk rate, speed game, extra-base threat
- Recommended game plan: who to start, who to pitch around, where to attack at the plate and on the bases
- Dugout card: 8 to 12 bullets, scannable, ready to tack to the fence
What it won’t do
- Give you a pitch-by-pitch game plan. Box scores don’t carry pitch type or location. You’ll have the data you need to make better decisions. Your coach’s instincts still rule.
- Invent stats when the data isn’t there. If a sample is thin, the report says so.
- Tell you where to shift a fielder by inches. We work from box-score data, not spray charts, so positioning advice stays at the “who to pitch around” level, not the “play him 15 feet off the line” level.
- Talk in hype language. It reads like it was written by a coach, because it’s tuned that way.