Hitting coach
Joe Vavra recently shared some ideas behind what was causing the drought at the
plate with the Pioneer
Press’s Tom Powers. Plenty of factors played into the team’s offensive
ineptitude but for those who did make it to the plate, Vavra felt that the
approach was fundamentally lacking:
“Some couldn't grasp that they couldn't pull every pitch or
that sometimes it was better to take a few. As a result, they struggled.”
Despite some fans objections to the contrary, Joe Vavra comes off as a smart,
intelligent and process-oriented hitting coach. I have personally never had the
opportunity to meet with him however in interviews and articles about him, he
comes off as someone who has a keen understanding of the art and science of
hitting. After all, as stated in this column and in previous interviews, he has
a history of checking data to assist in his techniques and teachings – and advanced
viewpoint coming from a position that has historically been of the “see ba...
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