Author Topic: Cubs in '20  (Read 49181 times)

craig

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #60 on: October 01, 2019, 09:37:55 am »
I wonder with new manager and with those contact issues, whether that won't mean the annual change in batting coach. 

Last year, Chili was supposed to be better for situational and opposite-field and not so all-or-nothing.  Were the contact rates equally bad last year as this? 

I recall being surprised when Iapoce came over, that his comments didn't talk a lot about mechanical stuff.  He seemed more of a cheer up, don't think too much, swing free;  you were a first round pick and a top prospect for a reason, just relax and let your talent play out.  That was in his comments in the one or two interviews that I read. To some degree seemed pretty consistent with Maddon's relax, don't practice too much, don't stress too much, have fun psychology.  Which obviously has a ton of merit.