Adjustments at the plate led to a rough 2019 for Travis Shaw, but he's ready for a fresh start with the BlueJays after resetting his swing. | ShiDavidi
wanted to gain a better understanding of how his swing works. The slugging corner infielder coming off consecutive .800-plus OPS seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers isn’t a big mechanics nerd, but info is all the rage in the game these days, so he went for an assessment.
Along with the details came a couple of suggestions, tune-up ideas Shaw says he "took to heart" and worked on the entire winter. In the testing grounds of spring training, he discovered that rather giving his swing a turbo-charge, the mechanical adjustments instead led to a total breakdown. He spent the rest of 2019 trying to restore his original stroke, the one that generated an OPS+ of 121 in ‘17 and 119 in ’18.
By the time Shaw felt he had everything sorted out, the Brewers had moved on, leading them to non-tender him Dec. 2. That’s when the began their pursuit of the 29-year-old, leading to a $4-million, one-year deal agreed to before the holidays and finalized this week.
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