February 12, 2019

Hitting Like Angels

The Angels hope to generate more offense through analytics:


With the need to improve offensive efficiency in mind, Eppler promoted minor league hitting coordinators Jeremy Reed and Shawn Wooten to the major league staff. Both earned praise from their pupils.


They demonstrated the ability to weave advanced technology into their instruction without stripping hitters of their instincts. Top prospect Jo Adell, who earned his first invitation to major league spring training, ascribed his ability to advance three levels last year in his first full professional season in part to their grasp of analytics and understanding of hitting. Outfielder Kole Calhoun also credited their teachings when he busted out of last year’s season-long slump in August.


Reed and Wooten will be tasked with improving hitters’ comprehensions of technology-driven approaches and overseeing new catcher Jonathan Lucroy’s resurgence. 

LATimes.com

With the best hitter in the game in the middle of the lineup, the Angels should not need that much improvement to be a good offense. Mike Trout can carry them a long way if the hitters around him are simply competent.

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