Moniak is making a push, another guy who makes me wonder about system coaching, but the light seems to have gone on:
“I’m focused on having good at-bats and being disciplined at the plate,” he said. “I’ve talked about my bat-to-ball skills always being there. But sometimes I tried to do too much. I wanted to hit .300, so I got myself out. I got into a game thinking I needed to get a hit or two, instead of saying I’m going to have good at-bats, I need to get on base. A big change in my mindset from 2019 to 2020 was -- instead of shooting for hitting .300 -- shooting for a .370 on-base percentage and trusting what I can do with the bat. I'm very confident in that."
It seems they changed his swing angle, the ole "uppercut" and screwed him up (shades of Eflin).
Phillies hitting coach Joe Dillon turned back the clock last spring.
“He got me back to where I used to be my whole life,” Moniak said. “I’ve always thought: short and quick, kind of the old-school way, almost swinging down. Obviously, all the new analytics come into play. There’s more information about swings and what guys do well, and I tried to add that to my game. I think for a few years in the Minor Leagues, I got away from myself, as far as trying to do too much, trying to put power numbers up when I should have been sticking to gap-to-gap, doing what I've always done well."
The problem isn't analytics, it's coaches who go with a "one size fits all" approach.
