Video from Spring Training

I was in Florida a few weeks ago and was lucky enough to catch a game between LA and FLA.  It was a decent mix of prospects and big league guys.  Whenever I can get to a game early, I like to catch BP.  Most ball parks open early enough to catch the visiting taking BP, so I was able to get some video of most of the Dodgers' players. 

You may recognize in the video #14 is Bill Mueller.  Ramon Martinez is in there for LA also.  As for the AB's it goes #54 (forgot his name), Ramon Martinez - 2b to the gap, Bill Mueller - seeing eye 1b into left, Jason Stokes - long fly out, and Hanley Ramirez - 1b to CF

You'll need real player (real.com) to view this one:


http://www.swingtraining.net/clips/LA_FLA1.rm

Kemp is supposed to be a decent prospect for LA.  He had by far the most impressive BP that I saw.  There were a number of players hitting the ball out of the ballpark, but he was hitting them to straight away CF and the only one I saw hit an opposite field bomb in BP.

http://www.swingtraining.net/clips/Kemp_Matt_bp1.mpg

First observation was I thought he could be a little quicker.  I'll have to compare to Delgado and give it another look.  Then again, he might just be trying to launch 'em - which he was as you can tell by my "commentary"

If you get a chance this summer, try to get to a big league game early enough to watch BP.  What really stands out to me watching some of the better hitters is how easy they make it look.  I have taped some other teams during BP (which I may post later on) and Carlos Delgado was the most impressive I've seen to this point.  Hitting the ball "effortlessly" to opposite field and up the middle out of the park...which suggests to me that you have to figure out how to use your entire body pretty efficiently if you want to make it to the next level.

Enjoy the video!

 

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