Get up to the plate!!

[Ghostbear]

Watching the game.  Churio is frustrated. Why? Since the beginning of the year he's backed off the plate by 3 or 4 inches. He struck out again on a pitch on the outside corner?;Why? He's too far off the plate. Had he been up to the plate he would have driven the ball to right or right center. Get up to the plate.

Yelich also struck out. He's only hitting 196. Why? He's off the plate. His hands are too close to his body and not up where he can come through with a line drives swing. Get up to the plate!!

As an old, once upon a time baseball coach who focused on mechanics, it is very apparent that the Brewer hitters are pressing.  When you watch Yelich, Churio, Ortiz, even Turang today, they're all pressing. They're focusing too much on the big picture of the past games instead of staying in the moment. When that happens, their grip on the bat is tighter, their focus too much on the pitcher's motion rather than staying focused on the ball, thus, more chasing the ball, more strike outs, more pounding the ball into the ground.  The hitting coaches need to meet with them and talk to them about the following: 1-Relax and be in the moment, 2- focus on the ball Not the pitcher. From the time the pitcher gets the ball back, train your vision, thus your focus on the ball all the way beginning with the wind up, through the release point, so you can catch the spin on the ball, which will help you attack it with a level swing, 3- get your bat up, away from your body with relaxed muscles and relaxed grip, relaxed muscles are much faster than tense ones, 4- look for a pitch to drive, read the spin and movement, 5- practice smooth, level, swings that produce line drives. Then the hits will come, the runs will come, and confidence will come back. STOP PRESSING. STAY IN THE MOMENT.  FOCUS ON THE BALL. RELAX. LINE DRIVE SWINGS. HIT THE DAMN BALL. 

[bm1090]

I agree they are pressing and need to relax mentally, but to suggest the coaches or players haven’t thought of this is pretty crazy.

[TURBO]

Chourio.

It's ChOUrio.

[wiguy94]

Just nevermind

 

[pitchleague]

I've actually wondered if someone is going to end up taking the fall pretty soon for this month's atocious hitting.  It won't be Murphy and it won't be Weeks.  But one of our three hitting coaches could be considered to be given the axe (or a re-assignment) to try to give the team a kick that it desperately needs. 

Not saying it's going to happen, but it seems to be "the thing" that MLB teams do after prolonged hitting slumps.

[Samurai Bucky]

Looking at the article about Hoskins' turnaround, I am seriously wondering how much coaching they are doing.  Why do the players need to figure things out by themselves?

[Brian]

On 5/20/2025 at 8:37 PM, TURBO said:

Chourio.

It's ChOUrio.

Cheerio did you say?