"If you swing and miss . . . three feet out in front, I swear I'm going to get big fired up."
The constraint: back heel stays on the mat, barrel gets to the front of the mat.
Full swing design on YouTube ⬇️
Chase Valentine has been on a tear all year for the Ogden Raptors 💥
.388/.466/.688 with 17 HR, 94 RBI, and 41 2B
Chase spent his offseason at Driveline, where his bat speed went up from 69.7 to 72.3 mph and his exit velocity climbed from 99.1 to 104 mph
Lars Nootbaar walked in swinging 66-69 mph. Too slow to profile as a big leaguer.
Bat speed work took him to 74-77 within a couple years. That's 10 mph of exit velo, nearly 60 feet of carry, and a big league job.
Mookie Betts only needed 1 more mph. Paired with a cleaner