Daily News | The Phillies’ Trea Turner hasn’t felt ‘locked in’ at the plate since 2021. Here’s why he feels like he’s back.
, he had a talk with hitting coach Kevin Long on Dec. 8. They were quite familiar with each other. Long had worked with Turner from 2018-21 in Washington. He knew his swing inside and out. But nevertheless, what Turner said surprised him.
Turner pointed to three trends that were particularly concerning to him: He was striking out more, hitting for power less, and hitting the other way less. It was part of Turner’s setup and loading mechanism. They noticed that he was a little bit more upright and a little less into his legs than he had been in Washington. In short, he wasn’t in the right position to fire properly.
Turner took his new set-up into that June 3 game and went 1-for-3 with a walk. He said that was the game it clicked for him. He was taking some pitches he would have swung at a week earlier. He was taking good swings at pitches in and away. He felt aggressive, but in all the right ways.“I felt better,” he said. “Finally.”
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