Each clip was started at the point in which his bat was parallel with the front of home plate and I went backwards 60 frames and then took a still of each fifth frame to create the two GIF”s side by side. The video from 2009 is from PileatedParadise on youtube.
Things to look for:
- Gregorius look nearly identical from both clips in terms of his set up and approach.
- In the video from Dayton (on the right), you can see where his power potential can come from when he stays back on the ball much better than he does in the Billings swing. One thing I noticed with Gregorius in 2010 was that he seems very content going with the contact approach, but if he stays back more like he did in the video on the right, I think his power could be MLB average or maybe slightly below average which would be fine for a shortstop.
Unlike last week with Dave Sappelt, there weren’t many changes made with Gregorius that I can see in terms of his swing mechanics, but maybe I missed something. Do you guys see any differences with the mechanics themselves?
Any suggestions for who to cover next week? I have a pitcher in mind that I would like to look into a little more if I can, but if you guys can find someone else I will do my best to go to them next.