OUR MISSION
Our mission is to help every single athlete learn and understand what it takes to make their dreams a reality, wether it be baseball or not. Hard work always wins.
OWNER/PITCHING PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR: ART SALAZAR
Art grew up in Fontana, CA and played his college career at HIU from 2015-2018. He recorded the schools first W in school history and was a part of the historic World Series run in 2017. Art has coached HS, Junior college, D2, scouted professionally and now currently works for Caliente de Durango in the LMB and the Yaquis de Obregon in the LMP while running AOP.
Pitching performance coordinator: Freddery arias
A background on his experience is that he was the youngest coach from the DR to get a contract with an MLB organization (Yankees at 20yrs old) Spent the whole 2016 season with the Yankees then moved to the Marlins from 2017-2021 and the 2022 season with Pittsburgh pirates. Freddery has coached at every MILB level including the big league level and has even coached in the LMB.Freddery has had the opportunity to train more than 25 big league pitchers such as Jonathan Loaisiga, Sandy Alcantara, Zac Gallen, Edward Cabrera, Eury Pérez, Braxton Garrett, Trevor Rogers, Quinn Priester and many others.
s&c coordinator: Dylan silver
Dylan Silver joined us after completing his 2024 summer internship at AOP. He completed his playing career at a D2 power house, CSUSB, in 2024. Dylan was also fortunate to be apart of the NCAA World Series team in 2023. At CSUSB he completed his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, exercise science and was on the deans list. He brings a plethora of knowledge into the weight room that will not only help players on the field but also off the field. Dylan brings a hyper focus into the small things that make the largest difference. He looks to bring his knowledge and skills that he learned through his playing career and studies into AOP.