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Trent Otis - MLB/MiLB Hitting instructor. Individual and team consultant. Public Speaker. Camps and Clinics Available. Phx, AZ. BS, MA Ed.
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Hitters need to turn the bat quickly. There can’t be wasted time. The barrel HAS to move from a square position behind you, to a square position in front of you. Yes, the hands will move, as seen below. The distance/time they move from first move to contact determines how quick you are.
Elly De La Cruz had a career best .880 OPS this season…
Ian Happ had a career worst .738 OPS this season….
What if hand path is a better metric than bat path to care about?
What if hand speed is more important than bat speed?View quoted post on X
Well done!! Athlete in the box
The power surge continues for Carter Johnson!
After hitting 14 of his 18 career homers this MiLB season, the @Marlins prospect tacks on his first of the Fall. Johnson’s homer travels 429 feet (105.3 MPH) and extends the Glendale lead.View quoted post on X
YES! You can see clear as day, Junior’s grip allows his bat to load when he starts to rotate. Gunner’s grip pulls the handle down not allowing his barrel to load. Something else that is in play here, is these two hitters when they are 💯 locked in, still won’t look the exact same, so it’s not apples to apples. The preference of the hitter matters too.
Junior Caminero holds the bat with intrinsic hand muscles in his lead hand….He had an OPS of .884 this season
Gunner Henderson holds the bat with extrinisic hand muscles in his lead hand….He had a .712 OPS this season…
Follow their wrists throughout the swing…
Gunner is controlling his fingers with muscles that also move his wrist…
Junior is controlling his fingers with muscles that do not act on his wrist…View quoted post on X
I wish baseball fans could just enjoy and grow the current game. The post below was meant to hate on current hitters, but people are not stupid. “Aaron’s bat speed came almost entirely from his wrists” LOL
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Aaron's bat speed came almost entirely from his wrists, not some big leg kick or long loopy swing.
That's exactly why his line drives got on infielders and pitchers so fast. Quick, compact contact, basically his signature across a 755 home run, all time RBI record career.View quoted post on X
