Rich Lederer from Baseballanalysts.com very generously invited me to write a guest column as their weekly "Designated Hitter".  The list of DH's is filled with a number of impressive writers, so I stepped it up as much as I could trying to fit in. 

I ended up breaking the article into two parts; Part 1  focuses on A-Rod (which doubles as the continuation of the first analysis I did on him) and Part 2 tackles Andruw Jones' big change for 2005 and also how their adjustments are related.

Here are the direct links to the articles:

Part 1

Part 2

My goal is very much to not only provide thorough and detailed analysis but also to simplify the concepts and explain why it is important.  On top of that, give a bit of insight to how I would view it from the player's perspective.

What I do NOT want to do is put out a bunch of subjective opinions; there are enough of those out there.  That is where the video comes in - to provide an objective look.  If you don't agree with my analysis, well the video is right there for you to make your own observations and conclusions.

Working with video is something I really enjoy doing and I am doing my best to find how MLB organizations might use these types of tools, as well as what value MLB organizations might place on this type of work.

In the meantime,  I'm pressing to continue learning, and reader feedback is surely a part of that, so keep sending your comments and emails - I appreciate it.