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MLB's Arizona Fall League is experimenting with rules that regulate the positioning of outfielders in an effort to increase the number of balls in the gap.View quoted post on X
Outfielders under these rules are playing closer to the lines than normal, creating much bigger swaths of grass in the alleyways in left-center and right-center field.
FanGraphs was first to report the news.
BA's Josh Norris and J.J. Cooper have more:
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The moment you stop comparing your journey to everyone else on your timeline is the moment your confidence actually takes off.View quoted post on X
Chipper Jones’ last home run came 14 years ago today against the Phillies.View quoted post on X
Contrary to what many believe, we don’t want our feet landing from the prep step at the exact moment the bat makes contact.
Why? Because if you land a fraction early, your feet can become stuck and stagnant.
Instead, aim to be a fraction of a second late. As your eyes read the angle of the bat through the hitting zone, your feet can begin to self align in the direction you need to go.
This doesn’t mean jumping higher or creating a bigger prep step. Stay low to the ground, athletic and ready to move.
Being a fraction late takes practice and a high level understanding of how to be on time every pitch. But when done correctly, it can gain you inches or even a couple feet of range in either direction.
And in the infield, that distance matters.
Here are two infielders showing exactly what that timing can look like.View quoted post on X
