Quote Originally Posted by Commercecomet24 View Post
You're right, early on pitcher were exploiting his over aggressivness on chasing breaking balls, now they're busting him inside and he cant get the barrel there. Watch his reaction on pitches that are inner third belly button high that he's taking. He flinches like its gonna be way and they're absolutely strikes he should be destroying. And i had this discussion with Cooter in another thread. All these "power" hitters are being taught from a young age to stand on top of the plate and pull everything. Works great in travel ball and hs where you don't see very much mid to upper 90s stuff with command. He has always out talented pitchers growing up and never had to face a whole bunch of guys who know how to pitch and command. This is an extreme learning experience for him.
i made a point in a different thread that i think he could commit to pulling and be better off. he's late to the party on everything that he should be mashing. he's just off. he's pulling off breaking balls and not confident on the heaters. now what i just said wouldn't fly if he just flat can't pick up spin, which could be the case. and you are exactly right about the level of pitching. he's a very talented kid and someone will get their hands on him and figure him out. but if he wants to reach his potential in pro ball he is going to have to adjust mentally and physically. the exact same thing can be said for everybody at this level...except skenes apparantly