Examining the work that Pete Crow-Armstrong is doing on his swing
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What initial thoughts do Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris have about Pete Crow-Armstrong?
I don't want to break time. I want to yell at Marshall. Can we handle more Anthony Heron?
He's going to try to throw something that's going to be right on the edge of the strike zone if he can. You've got two guys with a lot of adrenaline rushing through them right now, though. There's the pitch. Line drive, base hit into right field. It's going to drive in one. It's going to drive in two. Cubs lead 3-1. Pete Crow Armstrong delivers. Advancing to third is Ian Happ. Horner and Tucker both scored. Cubs lead 3-1.
We're probably not making enough of the fact that you can hear Cubs baseball in FM quality on Friday on this station. And it's an all Chicago matchup, by the way. It is a crosstown matchup.
Sox fixing to be 1-0.
Marshall's out here making predictions. Baseball is back. That's right. That's Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer. And yes, on 104.3 The Score, we will have spring training baseball starting for you on Friday. Walk outside, enjoy this weather, and then know that the vibe will continue this week on The Score. It's a good feeling, isn't it?
It's a great feeling. I will be listening. All I have to say is, ay caramba.
And now you can hear that in FM quality like we do? I can't wait. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And I know, Marshall, you and Russ Dorsey talked about the top storylines for the Cubs leading into this season. And I know that's something you and I will get into. It's something that everybody should do for themselves, actually.
Like, what are you interested in?
Yes, give yourself some homework. What are questions you have about the Cubs and the White Sox? And then try to see what you can answer while watching spring training. For me, one of the biggest ones was, how will Pete Crow Armstrong adjust to the league adjusting to him? Well, lo and behold, we have some answers, thanks in part to our friends at The Athletic. Sahada Sharma talked about it and wrote a story that I recommend you read. And yes, indeed, Pete Crow Armstrong worked with hitting coach John Maley on a swing change, which I think is... is an excellent way to try to get back to what we saw him do in the first half.
I think the first thing you've got to understand is, as a hitter, you need to be able to identify what's a strike and what's not a strike. That helps. Once you do that, then you need to understand that just because a pitch is technically a strike doesn't mean it's a pitch that you should give up your bat for. There's a time and place to take a pitch that is a strike. And I'm interested in what John Maley said specifically when it comes to how they're working with Pete Crow Armstrong to get him to be in the best position to attack the strike zone.
Well, and I'm glad you brought up plate discipline and pitch selection in this because I do think that that's part of it. So then take it a step even further. into reassessing your entire mental process. And that's what Bailey did. This is reported by Sahada Sharma. The quote is from P. Crow Armstrong. We just noticed that when the setup was out of whack, I wasn't really getting in the box the same way. That's when the swing went to crap and mechanical stuff started playing a bigger role in the lack of success. That makes sense.
And what his assistant hitting coach made a lot of sense, and this is somebody he's worked with since in the minor leagues because he was down there with him when he was in the minor leagues. This quote really spoke to me. Going further to what you just said that Pete Kerr Armstrong said, mainly saying, quote, he got a little stretched out. He was accelerating in his stride, covering too much ground, which kind of made him a little long, and he was mishitting balls. So he went back to staying short like he was early in the year, small tap, small separation, and really rotating in place as opposed to jumping and crashing forward. Kept his head stiller and allowed him to get more balls consistently.
So it's not necessarily that he had this horrible strikeout rate. It's just the balls that he was putting in play weren't doing anything.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What initial thoughts do Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris have about Pete Crow-Armstrong?
0:01–7:21
2
What adjustments did Pete Crow-Armstrong make to his swing?
7:21–8:41
3
How does plate discipline affect Pete Crow-Armstrong's performance?
8:41–9:37
4
What insights did John Maley provide on improving hitting mechanics?
9:37–15:49
Speakers
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