It looks to me that in the 2021 swing Dozier's hips don't get fully rotated. In the 2019 swing, his belly button is looking at the pitcher, which means his hips generated power and he could square up the pitch. In 2021, he doesn't seem to get his hips fully rotated until after the pitch is to the plate, resulting in the foul ball to the right side.
It looks to me that in the 2021 swing Dozier's hips don't get fully rotated. In the 2019 swing, his belly button is looking at the pitcher, which means his hips generated power and he could square up the pitch. In 2021, he doesn't seem to get his hips fully rotated until after the pitch is to the plate, resulting in the foul ball to the right side.
There’s definitely a difference in the hips. I would need to do a deeper dive to see if that was a consistent issue or if it was that he was fooled on that particular pitch. I looked at a few swings of 2021 and 2019 and didn’t see much difference. But again…not enough to draw any concrete conclusions.
It looks to me that in the 2021 swing Dozier's hips don't get fully rotated. In the 2019 swing, his belly button is looking at the pitcher, which means his hips generated power and he could square up the pitch. In 2021, he doesn't seem to get his hips fully rotated until after the pitch is to the plate, resulting in the foul ball to the right side.
There’s definitely a difference in the hips. I would need to do a deeper dive to see if that was a consistent issue or if it was that he was fooled on that particular pitch. I looked at a few swings of 2021 and 2019 and didn’t see much difference. But again…not enough to draw any concrete conclusions.