Hitters were excited to face some live pitching in the cage today. Some of our veteran bats have been looking great off the tee and in front toss, but it's always an adjustment seeing the real thing, especially indoors. That said, hitters' mental approach/pitch selection was the key point of emphasis today. Know what you're looking to do, and execute it.
It's also beneficial for the pitchers to test their stuff against live swings after looking sharp in bullpens the last few weeks. To a man, the hitters said Zach Hugg was the toughest to face. He was painting the knee caps on both corners of the plate, with movement on all of his pitches. Good to see from the Senior.
Outside the cage, competition was again the focal point. A team can't succeed if its players don't fight for each other and hate to let their teammates down. Ryan Fitzgerald didn't have his best practice Wednesday, but bounced back with a strong performance. Surely his teammates noticed (certainly hard to not to notice a man Fitz's size laying out and snagging a hot shot to his backhand side).
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