Daily News | He’s changing the script’: How a Paul Goldschmidt-inspired adjustment helped Alec Bohm’s timing at the plate
PITTSBURGH — Alec Bohm once was a hitter pitchers successfully could blow fastballs by. Last season, he was thrown 1,059 fastballs and batted .190 on that pitch. The main issue was his timing. He had trouble catching up to higher velocities, and in today’s game, an average fastball can come in anywhere from 96 or 97 to over 100 mph.for Bohm. Pitchers are still throwing them his way — he’s gotten 849 fastballs so far this year — but now he’s batting .318 on those heaters. It’s not a coincidence.
“ front foot is always down,” Long said. “So he’s reading while his foot is in the air. His foot is down, and then all he has to do is get his swing off. And that’s kind of what Alec is doing right now. “He was a .240 career hitter coming into this season on fastballs,” Long said. “And he’s changed the script dramatically. I think he’s excited about that. Especially for the fact that they continue to try to throw him fastballs because the numbers say in the past that he couldn’t catch up to them, but he’s changing the script.”in the ninth inning Thursday,
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