Players, Parents and Coaches watch this from the Pro Scouts on "The Scouting of Hitters" .
They were my personal friends and advisors for our Area Code games [1987-2004].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKiZfwVGEI
Bob
Question: How can a hitter improve his skills?
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I'll say this before watching the video. Barrels.
1. Improve by improving contact first. Focus on drills that bring the barrel to ball, setting contact point per location (inside, middle, outside) then blend that to live pitching practice, driving the ball based on where it's pitched. (when you can hit the ball when it's deep, then you can begin to hunt it out front)
2. Improve approach: swing at good pitches and understand how much that changes based on count. Know what a pitcher is doing and his tendencies; eliminate pitches in logical situations. Know how he got you out last time.
3. When you know you can consistently make decent contact 0-2, then you can take bigger chances for power in beneficial counts.
4. Strength: the stronger you are the better you can control the head of bat.
If I were in front of scouts, I'd first prove I could hit, then I'd demonstrate power.
Really insightful video. I wish he lived near me. I’d love to take my son to him
I'll bite.
If you have ESPN+ you can watch him hit a HR vs the TCU pitcher throwing 94. Lead a super regional team in BA and competed in other metrics while missing the first three weeks of the season, and done with baseball.
I do understand, he just got too old. We were told coming up if you rake you'll play. Not true, unless you can run a 4.6. Being left-handed and speed, that's the ticket.
Wow, really? That sad.
I Was thinking, what about when a position player pitches and throws 70’s. Bad/mediocre pitching and these mlb players can’t hit it. Does that mean they are bad?
Great video. But that means that scouts will want to watch every prospect in a live game situation. And since even the best batters, rarely hit over .400, that means alot of time spent on each prospect. Multiply that by hundreds of prospects. Do these scouts have that much time ? Or are they reviewing videos, to narrow down their list of prospects?
Adams;
Area Scouts "log" over 120,000 miles each year to their cars. The favorite radio and TV channel is the weather channel.
Bob
@Dadof3 posted:Wow, really? That sad.
I Was thinking, what about when a position player pitches and throws 70’s. Bad/mediocre pitching and these mlb players can’t hit it. Does that mean they are bad?
I know that when I hear hs and college kids coming back from their at bat complaining they can't hit this crappy 70 poo pitcher, I often want to say, "that just means you really aren't that good of a hitter, yet". I don't mean that to be mean, I just mean they still have a lot of work to do to be a complete hitter.
The pro's half the time I think they are just trying to get through the game since it's probably a blow out.
