by Dave Franco | Hitting, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips, Winning Ballplayer
You’ll hear coaches and hitting gurus say it all the time to hitters: “Keep it simple.” The natural question that follows from the hitter is, “What exactly does that mean?” It can mean a lot of things, from shortening your stride, limiting your pre-pitch bat...
by Dave Franco | Catching, Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, Prospect Perspectives
After interviewing one of the Yankees’ top prospects Mason Williams a few weeks ago, some Next Level Ballplayer followers (from Red Sox Nation) sent me a few “comments”. They “politely” asked me to stop wasting my time with Yankee interviews, and instead, to do...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Mental Baseball, Next Level Ballplayer, Training Tips, Winning Ballplayer
Every batter spends some time in the on-deck circle before his at-bat. Well, maybe not directly inside the circle (weirdly enough, rarely do players actually stand on the circle), but somewhere in the vicinity. Too often ballplayers go through the motions in the...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, Prospect Perspectives, Uncategorized
This week we are joined by one of the Yankees’ top prospects, Mason Williams. Mason is a speedy center fielder that was a fourth round draft pick by the Yankees in 2010. He’s been a standout prospect ever since. In his first full professional season, Mason hit .349...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips
“The best hitters keep their bat in the hitting zone longer than everyone else.” If you’ve been around the game long enough, you’ve heard this or something along the same lines before. In a related note, one of the hitting problems I hear about and see the most in...