Yeah JD has always been willing to share and talk about the technical aspects of hitting, more than most MLB'ers. I don't think there was any kind of agenda, just JD breaking down his swing in detail.. same as he did with Derosa. He did talk about barrel path in that video as well and went into detail about it.. for example how he would attack the high inside pitch compared to what Derosa was taught back in the day. JMHOJD made it clear what TTB was. Why would he? Was he getting feedback from other players/coaches/people saying it’s for a rearward launch etc? Hmm. I find it quite obvious bc he says this after Judge blew up and explained what TTB is to him. So JD explained himself, prolly not wanting to be mixed up w Judge and such. That’s subjective. I’m really trying hard to not make it another thread about you know who so...
The first vid JD did w Derosa, he didn’t talk much about the barrel but his movements and how to take slack out. He mentioned ‘splitting his head w the barrel’ basically. The other few vids he didn’t mention TTB much either. He talked about ‘planing’ w his arms etc.The more recent vid is about TTB but in more detail. Why the need?
Jmo at the end of the day.