He creates a lot of space in the swing, nothing tied up.
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He creates a lot of space in the swing, nothing tied up.
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What do you see, looks like a pretty level swing.
A look at the top hand action...
Bat Drag
Perhaps it was a slider? It isn't a perfect swing. I see a guy desperate to reach a low-outside pitch and hook it. The front arm is not the only give-away, but look at the angle of the back elbow. The further away from the body, the more the forearm points toward left-field in his case, the more the barred front arm is required, and the less the back forearm points back toward the pitcher. In fact, the back arm from elbow to hands, when contact timing is perfect, should project in the direction the ball is struck. The continuation of the hands through the ball will produce the same extension in the direction the ball was hit. Note the forearm projections in the photos compared to where you perceive the ball is going to be hit. The swing is an outlier, not a very good swing, which may have produced a good result.
EDIT: I read everyone's posts after posting, and I gave a thumbs up to a few. There were some good answers IMHO.
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Well I don't see it. Is this Cody Bellinger or someone else? Anyway the hitter comes to connection at the hip properly. The bat is in the lag position until the arm gets to slot (back elbow connection at the hip). But at the point he was already adjusting to an outside pitch. From slot the bat head is released as it should be. From there the bat head wraps around the ball pulling it. I feel it may have been a slider from a left-handed pitcher, moving away, and got him out of sync. It isn't a good mechanical swing.
Yep, it's Belli. I'm not seeing bat drag, either.
Interesting thing about the Bellinger gif is he isn’t making a huge adjustment before contact.
