OK, so this video isn’t the highest of quality, but I salute the fan who was smart enough to take a video camera to a ballgame and post it on youtube. Why didn’t I think of that when I went to see Eddie Degerman? Anyway, here is Daryl Jones and Brandon Buckman. Jones looks like Willie Mays Hayes. My favorite is when he loses the bat, the catcher misses the ball, and the ump gets hit in the chest. Classic. Brandon Buckman on the other hand looks pretty good to me, but that’s about all I can say as I’m no expert in mechanics. Arm chair hitting instructors are feel free to take a whack at it. Hopefully Carlos Gomez will be kind enough to throw in his 2 cents, should he be trolling around here.
In the future, if you are going to a minor league game and have a video camera, please by all means post it on youtube and tell me. Firstinning is now posting video of players, and by all means that would be something I’d post on the site. Please, help our causes.
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Off topic for this post but so far we have 3 players in today’s AFL game, Mather started as the DH and is now 3-3 Hoffpauer went in to replace the injured 2B starter and Motte is no in as a reliever (struggled getting his first out but got it on a line out)
i have it up on gameday as i’m doing my usual browsing. good to see mather hitting.
the hoff is now 2-2 after a 2 run single….woo-hoo!!
Again I think watching a guys batting stance and swing on video is an inexact science and a real, real bad way to judge his talent.
That being said, its easy to spot an obvious problem of Jones’s hands and his weight shift.
Something like that can be fixed by simply shifting to an open stance and changing the placement of his feet.
But by looking at that swing, he provides no load, he provides too many moving parts and he looks like a guy who is trying to spray the ball, but is doing so in a more power based swing.
After watching that swing, I am concerned.
i think daril jones have a lot of talet but he have to work in his balance he move a lot the bat and hi has a long swing…
Wow D. Jones’ swing may be one of the ugliest I’ve seen since watching a high school game. I don’t think he would even be able to be an above average college player with that swing. He either needs to take to coaching or find something else to do. Brutally ugly.
Buckman’s swing was much easier on the eyes. I can see where he has been able to hit low minors pitching. He doesn’t seem to overswing very much, so he must center the ball pretty good.
How long will it be before Major LEaue Baseball starts threatening people who post video of games on you tube?
I know that Jones is real toolsy and all but isn’t it time he put those tools to work? And how long does the excuse for his poor production pass because he is raw?
My concern with Buckman is that his swing can get long and his hands drift in the zone at times. It will be interesting to see the adjustments he makes next season. I would assume he will start the year back at Palm Beach with Mark Hamilton back at Springfield. One thing that is not a concern is his defense. He is superb with the glove.
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They already have threatened people who post licensed footage but I don’t think they have any legal right to video tapes you make unless the park forbids the use of cameras in the park
Jones has to time everything right to even have a chance of hitting the ball solidly. Horrific.
Yikes…..
Please tell me that this wasn’t ONE game’s worth of work by Daryl Jones. Lots of noise in his swing, very shifty. Do you see how he pre-opens his hips (watch his front leg “open up” and then his hips follow). Plus, his swing plane isn’t very good either. I’m hoping that he doesn’t hit this way all the time. This isn’t the worst swing I’ve ever seen, but it certainly isn’t good by any means. LOTS of work to do, but it isn’t overly handsy or anything. He looks like he has at least somewhat of decent “move”, but well, WAY too much noise for someone without power. LOTS of work…did I mention that?
Buckman’s swing is connected and powerful, but it is kinda long. Actually, it IS long, at least based on these swings. See how his barrel lays back early? Tough to move the barrel quickly when it gets farther away from your center of mass/rotation.
My two cents….
thanks carlos. appreciate your insight.