Look at Ray Ray Run Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/04/20/tim-anderson-white-sox-improving-vs-sliders-video Looking at those gifs, the writer actually does a nice job describing the major change but the two things to look at are his hands (and his trigger) and his front foot. Because he keeps his front foot in the air, he keeps his hands back which gives his bat more time in the zone with the ball. But with his old load and trigger, anderson would be late on everything if he waited until the ball was coming to put his front foot down. If you look at the first two gifs, his load starts higher, drops lower and then he brings his hands back before forward. His hands are so good that when he got his foot down fast he could get them to the zone but he was off balance, and all the power was shifted to his hands and wrists only. With his load and trigger this year, he starts his hands higher and only drops them to his shoulder level and then instead of pulling them back, he simply finishes his bat wiggle to get his hands in position on rhythm and then hes straight to the ball. Shorter and quicker and he has the power of his lower body waiting back on off speed stuff and his hands are quick enough to turn on anything fast. Those may look like subtle changes but they can mean everything for timing. Edited April 21, 2019 by Look at Ray Ray Run 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Wow this guy actually made a good post 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 https://theathletic.com/952627/2019/04/30/how-did-tim-anderson-get-here-by-listening-learning-and-believing-in-himself/ Gated - another fantastic article on Anderson. I'm not sure he should be AL player of the month, but an incredible start for him. He's such a fun player to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, bmags said: https://theathletic.com/952627/2019/04/30/how-did-tim-anderson-get-here-by-listening-learning-and-believing-in-himself/ Gated - another fantastic article on Anderson. I'm not sure he should be AL player of the month, but an incredible start for him. He's such a fun player to watch. Who would be your AL POTM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said: Who would be your AL POTM? Trout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisox378 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 From what I seen in those videos, he has way less bat movement before the pitch this year than last year. Less herky jerky bat movement means he has time to be shorter and quicker to the ball, timing is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 8 hours ago, bmags said: Trout Why not give it to Anderson...I mean, Trout will probably win all the other months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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