Fixing Wieters Swing

[weams]

My thoughts exactly.

Buck said he was geared change up there and still spoiled a fastball. Impressive.

[JTrea81]

This is the Wieters that was in Frederick and Bowie - same leg kick - same stance - similar results...

[tinamodotti]

Now a look from the left side.

Top is tonight, bottom is May 2010.

[Scrat1]

Small sample size, but he certainly looks more confident.

[ChrisAF79]

Now a look from the left side.

Top is tonight, bottom is May 2010.

Thanks again for your awesome gifs. The thing I loved most about his double tonight was the fact that he left both hands on the bat all the way through the back swing! Finally!

[jets4ever]

Small sample size, but he certainly looks more confident.

That's how it starts.

[ADAMWD_OsRavens]

That swing on the double tonight reminded me a lot of Luke Scott's swing when he is hitting the ball well. Just a short, quick, compact swing to drive the ball.

[ccbird]

He's getting there. He's definitely been driving the ball with more authority the last week or so.

[Skeletor]

It definitely looks like he's not sweeping the bat through the zone anymore that resulted in weak ground balls to second. He's taking a more direct approach to the ball and hitting it in front of the plate.

I think it's clicked for him. And I'm excited.

[ccbird]

Now a look from the left side.

Top is tonight, bottom is May 2010.

Good work. You can see he's finishing on a much stronger front side in the top gif.

[NattieO'sHon]

That swing on the double tonight reminded me a lot of Luke Scott's swing when he is hitting the ball well. Just a short, quick, compact swing to drive the ball.

Luke seems to be getting close. I was hoping that foul ball would stay fair cause he crushed it.

[Hallas]

Just to add... the single he lined up the middle in the 2nd inning was a pretty good 2-seamer, on the outside corner at the knees. He still squared up on it enough to line it.

[Redgrape]

In the double gif you can clearly see his leg kick is higher and starts earlier. It seems like he starts his swing so early it's almost like he's "waiting" to release the bat when the ball crosses the plate. Seems like the result is a quicker swing. In the strikeout gif it seems like it took to long for the bat to cross the plate after his swing began.

[adam_jonzin']

The thing with Matt is he relies more on timing and quality contact to drive the ball than bat speed via upper body strength. My own swing is very similar to his. I have always had a high front foot step and have used that as a sort of timing mechanism.

The good thing is it allows for a very smooth, natural swing. The bad thing is, it's a long swing and I'm not facing major league pitching.

[RayFink1e]

The swing on the double last night is probably the best swing I have ever seen him take. I never saw him in the minors though. It looked like a nice, comfortable and easy swing.