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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1756253" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/flipping-the-switch-edmans-spring-stats-hid-a-swing-change-thats-off-to-a-powerful/article_9f3e6fce-f4ba-56a9-88da-3527ff4fff02.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>MILWAUKEE — Deep into spring training as Tommy Edman’s batting average hovered near the same number, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said he had “zero concerns” about his returning leadoff hitter. Marmol drew that comfort from all he could see in the batting cages, on the back fields, and from those metrics — details hidden from the view of a Grapefruit League box score.</p><p>The early returns on Edman’s behind-the-scenes work are out of sight.</p><p>With a two-run home run Friday night, the Cardinals’ switch-hitting infielder homered on consecutive days for the first time in his career. Both home runs against Milwaukee have come from the left side of the plate. That was the area of focus for Edman all spring because of how right-handed opponents pitched against him and tied up his swing.</p><p></p><p>“When we think of Eddy with power, it’s the homer,” Marmol said. “Do we enjoy the homer? Absolutely. But it’s him being able to get the ball off the ground on the pull side. That could be a line drive to right. It could be a gapper to right-center. It’s his ability to have some authority there so that pitchers don’t feel comfortable coming in the way they have in the past.”</p><p>Marmol added Saturday: “When you have a player with a high aptitude like Tommy you’re a little more patient with that process of allowing him to transfer what he’s working on into a game.”</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Lots of good info later in the article</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1756253, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/flipping-the-switch-edmans-spring-stats-hid-a-swing-change-thats-off-to-a-powerful/article_9f3e6fce-f4ba-56a9-88da-3527ff4fff02.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] MILWAUKEE — Deep into spring training as Tommy Edman’s batting average hovered near the same number, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said he had “zero concerns” about his returning leadoff hitter. Marmol drew that comfort from all he could see in the batting cages, on the back fields, and from those metrics — details hidden from the view of a Grapefruit League box score. The early returns on Edman’s behind-the-scenes work are out of sight. With a two-run home run Friday night, the Cardinals’ switch-hitting infielder homered on consecutive days for the first time in his career. Both home runs against Milwaukee have come from the left side of the plate. That was the area of focus for Edman all spring because of how right-handed opponents pitched against him and tied up his swing. “When we think of Eddy with power, it’s the homer,” Marmol said. “Do we enjoy the homer? Absolutely. But it’s him being able to get the ball off the ground on the pull side. That could be a line drive to right. It could be a gapper to right-center. It’s his ability to have some authority there so that pitchers don’t feel comfortable coming in the way they have in the past.” Marmol added Saturday: “When you have a player with a high aptitude like Tommy you’re a little more patient with that process of allowing him to transfer what he’s working on into a game.” ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lots of good info later in the article [/QUOTE]
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