aka Travis Hafner

Jay at Letsgotribe.com asked me to check in on Hafner's swing, so I made a quick comparison.

FYI when I do comparison, I do my best to use swings that are similar pitch type, location and result.  I repeat this over and over.  The result does not HAVE to be the same, but it helps support the contention that the swings are as similar as possible.

Overall I think the swings are very similar and it'd take much more time and feedback from the player (Hafner) to really pinpoint the problem/solution.  It could very well be a factor outside of swing mechanics - ie Cleveland SS Jhonny Peralta (who has been great since I added him to my fantasy team).

In other words, there does not seem to be any physical indication that Hafner will not "right the ship" and become his normal HR happy self again.

Here is the link to Jay's blog entry

This link is to just the clip itself