Darick Hall came onto the scene for the Phillies last year with a bang. He was crushing balls v righties. But against lefties… not so much. The Phillies barely let him face left-handed pitchers because he struggled mightily against them in the minors. But early in Spring Training, we have seen him starting to hit lefties. he even hit an HR off of one in a game. What changed for him? Darick Hall joined The Anthony Gargano to discuss his efforts to improve vs lefties, his overall approach to hitting, the impact of Kevin long, and more.
Here is what Darick Hall had to say about hitting better against lefties…
“I’ve got to be as good as a right on right, as a left on left. So what I started doing was studying right-handed hitters and working with K-Long. Trying to understand where the ball needs to be, and what my swing needs to be like against left-handed pitchers. Now that I understand I have to treat them differently, that has opened the door for me… I refuse to believe that you get a left-handed hitter who can hit righties and all of a sudden you flip the script and he has no hand-eye coordination… With that mindset, I feel like we came up with a good plan that gives me confidence. At least so far I have gotten really good results.”
You can listen to the full interview below. hall went on to discuss why he doesn’t look to hit HRS, just hard-line drives and went in depth about how Kevin Long has helped him become a better hitter…
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