A lot of us saw video of Javier Baez launching moonshots in Iowa fresh off the DL and we saw the minimal leg kick and reduced hand load at the top of the swing. We started mentally promoting him to Chicago and imagining all he could do in the middle or back-end of the Cubs’ lineup with this new approach. But in doing so, we may have forgotten a bit about why Baez was in AAA in the first place.
I do believe Baez has improved and that he’s very capable of being a solid major league player for a good number of years, but I think it’s important for everyone to understand that we’re not talking about a night-and-day difference for the young man.