Veteran to open baseball and softball training gym in Mesa

A new athletic training facility aimed at youth baseball and softball development is coming to Mesa this winter.

Steve Lundin II, a Marine Corps veteran, has leased a 7,600-square-foot facility near Germann and Sossaman roads for ONBASE Athlete, a commercial gym that will offer custom memberships around each athlete’s needs and budget.

The facility will include six hitting cages, two fielding areas, a pitching lane and a strength floor.

“Youth sports have become fragmented — a cage here, a weight room there, a lesson across town,” Lundin said in a press release. “ONBASE puts all of it under one roof, coached by people who have done it at the highest level, at a price that rewards commitment over cost.”

ONBASE Athlete’s staff offers 20-plus years of professional coaching and playing experience — including co-founder Brandon Schaeffer, a former pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization, and head strength and conditioning coach Yousef Zamat, who spent 14 years as a strength and conditioning coach for five MLB organizations.

A different baseball training facility, one that will be operated by KNCT Athletics, leased space in Tempe in October, marking expanded investment in the sport’s development in the East Valley.

ONBASE Athlete’s gym is set to open this winter, and a waitlist to purchase a membership can be signed up for on the company’s website.

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