Just an outstanding post. Tons of data and detail and super well written. Particularly interested in the thoughts on the Jones and Benson trade, both of which were odd to me. Not a twitter/X person, so looking forward to more!.
Sincerely appreciate the kind words! The Jones/Benson thing wasn't something I initially set out to talk about but it just kinda clicked when I was researching for this. I'm super interested to see how things progress here, the pieces are there and I think the strategy is solid. Now it's just time to see if it works out.
Matt, we have spent every spring in AZ since 2015. We go watch almost daily as we have to drive by the facility to go almost anywhere. Anyhow, only 1 year did I ever witness this at the Indians. It was E’s first year there, he was taking swings with a screen positioned so close to his body that it forced him to bring the bat down to clear the screen & it resulted in greater lift. If he wud swing more level it wud hit the screen and stop him. After that, I looked for that at other facilities we visit. I did see it at Mariners, Texas and once at White Sox. I assumed he was working on fly balls at the time. I have never seen it again at the Guardians facility, but then they have not opened it up since Covid. All the others facilities are full6 open and this spring, I saw Reds minor leaguers doing the same thing
Just an outstanding post. Tons of data and detail and super well written. Particularly interested in the thoughts on the Jones and Benson trade, both of which were odd to me. Not a twitter/X person, so looking forward to more!.
Sincerely appreciate the kind words! The Jones/Benson thing wasn't something I initially set out to talk about but it just kinda clicked when I was researching for this. I'm super interested to see how things progress here, the pieces are there and I think the strategy is solid. Now it's just time to see if it works out.
Matt, we have spent every spring in AZ since 2015. We go watch almost daily as we have to drive by the facility to go almost anywhere. Anyhow, only 1 year did I ever witness this at the Indians. It was E’s first year there, he was taking swings with a screen positioned so close to his body that it forced him to bring the bat down to clear the screen & it resulted in greater lift. If he wud swing more level it wud hit the screen and stop him. After that, I looked for that at other facilities we visit. I did see it at Mariners, Texas and once at White Sox. I assumed he was working on fly balls at the time. I have never seen it again at the Guardians facility, but then they have not opened it up since Covid. All the others facilities are full6 open and this spring, I saw Reds minor leaguers doing the same thing