Butch Wynegar
Butch Wynegar
Harold Delano "Butch" Wynegar, Jr.is an American former professional baseball player and the current hitting coach for the Indianapolis Indians Triple A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and California Angels...
amazing battling charts difference eight pitcher runs seven spray understanding wants
It was amazing to look at the difference in the two spray charts (from Wednesday). That's understanding your approach, understanding your situation, understanding what the pitcher wants you to do, and then battling to not do it. That's how (the Cardinals) scored eight runs on seven hits.
cage carried great hard looking loves spring tape training works
He's back (in the clubhouse) looking at tape and he's back in the cage every other inning hitting. He works hard at his game. He was great about that in spring training and that's carried over to the season. He just loves to hit.
billy field hit power pull starting tendency
Billy had a tendency to try to pull the ball. He's starting to use the whole field now. He can really hit with power to all fields.
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I hate to say it, because I'm not a big believer in turning the switch on and off, but if there's one guy who I think could do it, it's Carlos. In his mind, he knows these are Spring Training games, and when it's Opening Day, I think the light bulb will come on. I'm not worried about him.
hit missed
I don't think he got it all. He hit it good, but I think it missed the barrel. He is just so strong.
agent free good guys monster pressure second year
I look for him to have a monster year. There are a lot of things going his way. He's going into his free agent year. It's his second year here. He's got some good guys around him in the lineup who should take some pressure off of him.