But his batspeed on the 3-2 pitch looked really good. Overall it doesn’t look like he’s swinging for the fences in a Price Fielder / Vlad / Pedroia type of max effort swing.

He’s no slug. He’s actually similar in body type and athleticism to a young Jermaine Dye. Oakland farm director Keith Lieppmann still thinks he may wind up at a corner outfield spot in the long-term.

In Carter’s at-bat there are between 12 and 15 seconds between each swing, which I suspect is typical, maybe even a little fast. You could try pausing your video camera after each swing,relaxing your arm and counting to 10, and begin taping again. That way you’ll tend to hold your camera steadier and you will reduce a lot of dead-time in each video — this video would be under 30 seconds.

When it comes to video, I’m an amateur too, though as a reporter for a newspaper, I’m now expected to bring a video camera with me and shoot on occasion; I too struggle with holding the video steady.

I love you site and your work, by the way — keep up the great work.

Anyone else see Kyle Blanks’s inside-the-parker yesterday? He was frigging busting it. I clocked him at about 15.5 seconds around the bases— that’s the rough equivalent of a 100M dash in 12.9 seconds. (I say rough because I don’t know exactly how many feet he ran. I estimated it at 400.)

12.9 won’t get you to the Olympics, but it’s not exactly limping around the basepaths.

milb.com frontpage video has his 2 hr this week so far. the one off the lefty cleared the bleachers, had to be maybe 420-430+ or so, the other one was an opposite field hr to left center

5 rbi total

…getting a telescoping uni-pod that you can brace on your seat between your legs. Way better than messing around with a tripod and is much easier on your arms.

Thanks for the vid.

I dont post much but thanks for the content. Ban the jerks!!!!

2 hits so far
1.400 ops in august so far

any discussion as carter for minor league player of the yr? doubt he’d win but maybe in the discussion?
an audition in AAA would be nice.