Daily News | Phillies’ Darick Hall finding success by controlling ‘my own destiny’ at the plate
SARASOTA, Fla. — Darick Hall had a few goals in the offseason. Evening out his right-left splits was one of them, but the Phillies first baseman/DH hopeful also wanted to work on trusting himself. The slugger who was called up last season in Bryce Harper’s injury absence and played 41 games knew he had power, and he knew he had a good swing plane. But the decisions he made at the plate were hurting him.
This offseason, the left-handed hitter worked with hitting coach Kevin Long on refining his plate discipline. He looked at Harper’s at-bats as an example of how to make better decisions at the plate. Harper has obvious tools, but his eyes and his cognitive skills elevated him from good to great.“How you control your own destiny is what you swing at,” said Hall, an Arizona native drafted by the Phillies in the 14th round of the 2016 draft. “And I really believe that.
“I knew he was going to come back hard first pitch with a heater,” he said. “I thought I put a good swing on it but was a little late. But I stayed with it, I just had to adjust a little bit. And then took that good curveball. Felt really good about that. Spiked the cutter and then I was like, ‘OK, ready for the heater.’ He threw that cutter and it was just right where it needed to be.“Even with my first swing, would I have liked to be early? Yeah.
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