Ozzie Albies is a great example, he's a average hitter against right handed pitchers but is one of the best hitters in the league against lefties. I feel you could make argument he's just better right handed hitting because 180-200 ops difference is not normal
@kjorlaug1 for his career he homers left handed against righties every 25.3 ABs. Right handed against lefties its every 20.8 ABs. He naturally hits more taters left handed because he has 2279 ABs left handed vs righties and only 792 ABs right handed against lefties. His is 5-14 with 3 homers right handed against righties according to baseball reference though.
I’m a lifelong switch hitter who forced myself into batting left-handed because despite being right handed, I couldn’t hit from that side to save my soul. Also, since I ran across so few LHP as a kid, it just made sense. And oddly enough it worked- I had a natural lefty swing. And later, when I faced more southpaws, the swing carried over to my right side. Honestly it made me a better hitter overall. I mean, I have never been a great hitter. But switch hitting taught me a lot about how to hit
The biggest success story for a player who stopped switch hitting is Augie Galan. From 1940-1942 he had a combined OPS+ of 91 as a switch hitter, with his highest OPS+ while switch hitting being 131. In 1943, he switched to hitting lefty full-time and had an OPS+ of at least 131 for the next six years.
I have literally never heard of him until this comment and then I looked up his Baseball Reference page and he was a really good player. I dont think I have ever heard anyone talk about him. Granted, he was an old timer but still. He's kind of like a Bobby Grich or a Brett Butler, really good and not talked about nearly enough.
@thirdlegstalliano He was another one of those players who I have heard but never really knew how good he was until I visited his Baseball Reference page one day as one does.
I always forget that Elly’s a switch hitter, all of his highlights are from the left side. It’s also really telling that you had to mirror flip an image of him hitting lefty to get an image of him hitting righty 😂
Haha that wasn’t even my intention, I just spent some time editing the image and realized I needed it looking the other way and didn’t want to redo it, so I mirrored it haha
I have watched >4 minutes of this video and you have already become one of my favorite creators. Keep up the work, dude. Gonna go binge your videos now
A good mention would’ve been Tommy Edman, who experimented with hitting righty/right this year at the big league level when he was facing guys with particular breaking pitches, so if you do a part 2, he’d be a very good example.
I think its a huge advantage to have switch hitters on your team. Think about how many ball parks have high left field walls. Just by switching to leftie, you can pull the ball into right field and avoid those obstacles for a higher chance of hitting a dinger. Also it keeps defenses on their toes and makes them shift to the switch hitter.
Cal Raleigh is another one that could be intriguing from one side. He was exclusively better as a righty in the minors but in the pros has been a much better lefty. He has like 45 home runs lefty and 5 righty
He’s interesting though cause his dad brought him up as a switch hitter, he himself has said he doesn’t really have a “natural” side. His counting stats against lefties are gonna be a little skewed too cause he was getting platooned for a while last year with a busted left thumb.
I switch hit. I am a lefty that learned to hit exclusively righty in little league, because I simply didn't have a left handed batter to observe. Then I just started learning to hit lefty once I found a group to play regular pickup games with in high school. I hit for power righty, and my swing just feels totally natural. My left handed swing has never felt natural, yet I get on base. Actually doing it, even if the guys pitching to me were future minor leaguers, it really makes me appreciate the guys that can do it at an elite level with some level of success because there is no way I ever could have done that.
I'm a chubby theater kid, and even I learned how to do it! The trick was I started trying to bat lefty at a very young age, and got used to sucking at it for a very long time. After about a year, it clicked, and I now, mentally, I can swing lefty as easily as I do righty. The problem is I hardly do it anymore, so the muscles that used to swing from that side kind of creak now 🤣
I think another guy that deserves mention is Dylan Carlson. Im a Cardinals fan and I think that moving forward he and coaching should consider giving up the switch hitting. His slash line as a right handed hitter vs left handed pitching is .306/.377/.472. His slash line from the other side of the plate? .221/.304/.368. Again, like you said it isnt guaranteed that every player that drops switch hitting is able to do what Mullins did but I still think it is worth some consideration. Ironically Carlson is a pretty good defensive centerfielder like Mullins.
The important aspect of hitting from the left side, that you fail to mention, it's closer to first base. That's one reason there are so many right hand throwers that bat lefty. For a fast runner, like Ichiro, batting exclusively lefty is a no brainer. Augie Galan and Pete Reiser are two switch hitters that changed to exclusively lefty to take advantage of their speed. All three of these hitters had hundreds of infield hits. Also, most righties are right eye dominant, which gives them a better view from the left side.
Thats basically why I hit left, being 5'4'' and relying on speed, its better to be closer to 1st base if contact is made with the ball. Funny enough, I tried switch hitting before, but since I worked like 90% lefty, that swing just took over for me. I'm also a "natural" lefty (that's the hand I do my "normal" activities like writing and eating, however I throw with my right hand), but for some reason ended up batting right when I began playing baseball (maybe thats because I've also played tennis when I was young, so a two-handed backhand from a lefty is basically a righty swing)
I was a natural right-hander who switch-hit from the age of 8 until I stopped playing at 19. I became a significantly better left-handed hitter just based on the amount of RHP vs. LHP I faced. It was hard at the high school/summer ball level, simply because it's twice the work to maintain two swings. I imagine it's VERY hard at the professional level with advance scouting and the like. Tons of respect for the players still doing it well.
Back when I was playing Legion ball, a friend of mine decided to give switch hitting a shot-he was a natural righty but he never swung the bat right again….absolutely screws with your head/vision
This makes me want to bring up Steve Jeltz, infielder for the Phillies in the 80s and Dorktown legend who BECAME a switch hitter halfway through his MLB career. Given he wasn’t a super productive player, only hitting league average one time, but that’s some dedication
From my personal experience: Natural Righty Switch hitting from age 10 to age 21 to fall ball of my junior year. I was always able to put the bat on the ball equally both sides but my left side had far better consistency and power. Then fall season 2021 I decided to drop hitting righty completely and I found great success hitting solely lefty. Adjusting to seeing the ball lefty lefty in college was not too much of a big change for me as in my stance against lefties I slightly opened my stance up more an inch or 2. It was also the icing on the cake my very first at bat lefty lefty was the day I decided to drop righty and I went yard on the first pitch LOL. Graduated last year and been missing the game
I believe Victorino was taught to switch hit very late in his development (sometime in the minors if I remember correctly from his biography) so that’s probably why he was good as a full time righty
Didn't he drop switch hitting because of an injury? I remember an old broadcast saying that but totally could also be that his numbers weren't the best from the other side
I'd like to see Cedric's teammate, Anthony Santander try to only hit from one side. He has more power from the left side but he's a more overall professional hitter and takes better at bats from the right
I strongly believe that is in large part due to deep left field in Camden Yards. When looking at switch hitters and averages I believe you also need to look at homers and their home ballpark to see if one side is a power side and one side is a contact side. The players most certain know which side of the ball park favors home runs and which doesn't, this most certainly effects a switch hitters approach at the plate. Not to mention a ball hit to left is in Camden Yards is way more likely to either go over the fielders head if he's playing too shallow or drop infront of the fielder if he's playing too deep compared to any ball hit to right field, so that is certainly going to effect the batting averages. Aaron Hicks was in a similar situation in New York as Yankee Stadium favors homers to right so hitting left was always Hicks more power side but that comes at the cost of having a bit lower average than his right side
Really interesting video but I think you missed a chance to talk about Reid Brignac. Brignac actually became a switch-hitter in the final year of his career in Triple A after 9 years as a left handed hitter in MLB. It's the opposite of what you wanted to highlight in this video but still fascinating.
When I played baseball I got into bad habits right handed but for some reason they didn’t carry over to when I batted left handed so I actually had a better swing left handed when I’m normally right. But I also had a left eye injury which would be my lead eye batting right handed so I always thought batting left handed was easier cause my vison was a bit better in my right eye. The only real issue with batting left handed is when your about to be hit by a ball, if your used to batting right handed you turn to your right. Well if you do that while batting left handed you open yourself right up to the ball, and that’s really the only issue cause it’s all instinct when your about to be hit by the ball so you just move and if your brain is used to turning one way that’s what it’s going to do. It’s always funny to watch someone get a high inside pitch for the first time left handed. Lol
I myself am a switch hitter and there's a couple more benefits of it that many people forget. There have been times where one of my swings was slumping. Luckily, I have the ability to just hit the other way until I figure it out. The other one comes from being a two-way player. I also pitch, so a sore arm can sometimes affect my left-handed swing. On those days, I can just hit right the whole time with no problem.
I have been switch hitting since I was 5. I was the only one in every league I ever played in. I am now 37 and still do it in my rec league and am still the only one in the league. I could never stop, and have only stopped temporarily due to injuries. I am naturally a righty, but have hit lefty for so long that neither side feels more comfortable.
In the case of Victorino, I wonder what his transition did to his playing time. Did his manager end up giving him fewer PA's against RHP's because of his very slight decrease & the perception that same-sided batters are going to be worse? Also, was he put in/left in against pitchers where he was felt to not be at as much disadvantage (ie, not against top notch RHP), & thus his stats could be inflated due to selection?
The biggest problem for me as a switch hitter is I have less time to practice. Hitting rounds for me, I have half as many for each side, because I have two sides. So while I can make corrections very fast from, either just due to experience and necessity, I have less time for each side. Switch hitting is literally being two batters in one. You always have something to work on, either to correct something, or to get more reps.
Posada was my favorite player growing up. I used to swing right handed in the on deck circle, got the ok to switch hit but never felt like I should risk it for the team lol Such an unreal sick
Maybe an answer is have the nerd squad figure out the numbers on which would be the optimal times to stay rh vs lh vs staying rh vs rh. Some will have have the worst stuff for that matchup (example, super nasty away sliders lefty v lefty) . So test a hybrid style based on the extra bad matchups and see how that goes.
Very informative video. I think Lindor to an extent could be a better hitter overall as a righty as his swing seems much more natural however that power from the left is huge. I love watching switch hitters man and as a Mets fan I’ve grown up always seeing a great one lead my squad
Gotta say this is something that I’ve NEVER thought about so i’m very intrigued (just started the vid). Just always thought of switch hitting as a thing in baseball that some guys do
I saw Carl Everett bat lefty vs Jamie Moyer, resulting in a home run down the left field line over the green monster. I'm sure this was to counter Moyer's stellar changeup.
I was made to bat left handed and always struggled from that side of the plate until I was 12. Ended up hitting home runs from both sides of the plate through high school. Still wish I would’ve batted righty exclusively though. Just had more confidence over there.
I taught myself to switch hit when I was 8. I decided if Ken Griffey Jr. could bar lefty then so could I. Now there are definitely days where I feel one side better than the other. Also I’m a spray hitter RH and much more of a pull hitter LH.
I tried switch-hitting, but me being left-eye dominant I could never read the ball hitting left-handed, so I went back to hitting right-handed exclusively. For those who are wondering, I use the Front-Arm Dominant method of hitting.
@@ABrandNewBallGame It's funny because when I play slow pitch softball for whatever reason, I can only hit left-handed. I honestly confuse myself sometimes.
I'm naturally right handed but being Canadian grew up hitting left as that's how a right handed person holds their hockey stick. Would be interesting to look into that. Canadian big leaguers who almost exclusively hit left😊
My brother could bat switch and also pitch with both. I've always thought a quarterback with the ability to throw with both would be really interesting.
For me personally, I was a switch hitter, but it was more for situational needs. If I need to hit for power, I swung right handed. But conversely, I could hit for better average if I hit lefty. It really depended on the situation for the at bat.
My dominate eye is my right eye and I'm a lefty batter, so I started training my right side batting and I'm going to see my experience gain after a month.
I tried switch hitting, being a nutural righty but being in love with lefty swings and i wanted one. I tried it out, and can swing pretty competently from the left side (not great or anything, but alright) but completely lost my righty swing cause i focused so much on my left lmao
I actually started playing baseball like this and while I was 15 I had similar batting average but more power when I batted lefty even though I’m a natural righty
I had a little section about something like this in the video, but cut I ended up cutting it out I think. Anyways, I believe it was because although it’s the unnatural side, leading the swing with the stronger arm can have a large impact on the power
As a rhh vs rhp in the majors, Ozzie Albies is 3/11 with 2 home runs and 3 walks for a 6/14 obp. I definitely think he could benefit from stopping switch hitting, however with the strides he took this year as a lefty I say hold off until he truley struggles as a lefty
Almost all of Albies' ABs as a RHH against RHP have been against position players, knuckleballers, and guys who throw slow breaking stuff. That doesn't indicate how he would fare against a Walker Buehler or Sandy Alcantara from that side.
I would say like 99% of the music is from games I’ve played and the Xenoblade games are ones I’ve yet to get to so I don’t have any in a video (I actually own the 2nd game but haven’t gotten around to it). If you’ve got any recs from the series lmk. Hopefully it’ll motivate me to get those games out of my deep backlog too
@@ABrandNewBallGame ooh, well gaur plains and you will know our names are peak, and mechanical rhythm is too. i honestly thought that sonic song you put there was a xenoblade song at first, it sounded like it. i honestly haven’t played much xenoblade but the music is SO good!
I am also a switch hitter and am pretty decent at it. But I have become more comfortable and most of the times better swinging left handed than right. I have become better at hitting against left handers and have almost committed to hitting purely left handed.
Look up Roberto alomar he gave up switch hitting for the tail end of the season with the O's due to injury and against certain pitchers (i think mo rivera and probably Wakefield)
Knowing how hard switch hitting is just gives me so much more respect for how goddamn good at it Chipper Jones was for like his entire career
For like?
@@griffinhays2053 yeah Chipper was like that lol
Ozzie Albies is a great example, he's a average hitter against right handed pitchers but is one of the best hitters in the league against lefties. I feel you could make argument he's just better right handed hitting because 180-200 ops difference is not normal
I’d almost like to see what he can do against righties from the right side of the plate over a season
I felt the same way with Jason varitek and wanted him to just hit righty.
His power though is mostly from the left side. That's why I think he doesn't give it up
Yeah I’ve always wished he’d just switch to being a full time righty. He’s so much more effective on that side.
@kjorlaug1 for his career he homers left handed against righties every 25.3 ABs. Right handed against lefties its every 20.8 ABs. He naturally hits more taters left handed because he has 2279 ABs left handed vs righties and only 792 ABs right handed against lefties. His is 5-14 with 3 homers right handed against righties according to baseball reference though.
I’m a lifelong switch hitter who forced myself into batting left-handed because despite being right handed, I couldn’t hit from that side to save my soul. Also, since I ran across so few LHP as a kid, it just made sense. And oddly enough it worked- I had a natural lefty swing. And later, when I faced more southpaws, the swing carried over to my right side.
Honestly it made me a better hitter overall. I mean, I have never been a great hitter. But switch hitting taught me a lot about how to hit
The biggest success story for a player who stopped switch hitting is Augie Galan. From 1940-1942 he had a combined OPS+ of 91 as a switch hitter, with his highest OPS+ while switch hitting being 131. In 1943, he switched to hitting lefty full-time and had an OPS+ of at least 131 for the next six years.
I have literally never heard of him until this comment and then I looked up his Baseball Reference page and he was a really good player. I dont think I have ever heard anyone talk about him. Granted, he was an old timer but still. He's kind of like a Bobby Grich or a Brett Butler, really good and not talked about nearly enough.
Props for putting respect on Bret Butler's name. The Braves should've never let him go
@thirdlegstalliano He was another one of those players who I have heard but never really knew how good he was until I visited his Baseball Reference page one day as one does.
It definitely depends. Guys like Carlos Beltran, Mark Teixiera, Lance Berkman were amazing switch hitters, with power on both sides.
Eddie Murray, Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle as well
@@dvon1097 oh shoot, I forgot about them 🤦🏾♂️
V-mart too
@@travisp5747 Facts. Victor Martinez was a savage in Cleveland.
How can we leave out Bernie Williams
I always forget that Elly’s a switch hitter, all of his highlights are from the left side. It’s also really telling that you had to mirror flip an image of him hitting lefty to get an image of him hitting righty 😂
Haha that wasn’t even my intention, I just spent some time editing the image and realized I needed it looking the other way and didn’t want to redo it, so I mirrored it haha
I have watched >4 minutes of this video and you have already become one of my favorite creators. Keep up the work, dude. Gonna go binge your videos now
I appreciate that a ton! I hope you enjoy my previous stuff and what’s to come in the future!
A good mention would’ve been Tommy Edman, who experimented with hitting righty/right this year at the big league level when he was facing guys with particular breaking pitches, so if you do a part 2, he’d be a very good example.
14:49 The swings of the batter and on deck are like butter
I think its a huge advantage to have switch hitters on your team. Think about how many ball parks have high left field walls. Just by switching to leftie, you can pull the ball into right field and avoid those obstacles for a higher chance of hitting a dinger. Also it keeps defenses on their toes and makes them shift to the switch hitter.
Immediately subscribed for the combination of the topic and Metroid music at the start.
Cal Raleigh is another one that could be intriguing from one side. He was exclusively better as a righty in the minors but in the pros has been a much better lefty. He has like 45 home runs lefty and 5 righty
He’s interesting though cause his dad brought him up as a switch hitter, he himself has said he doesn’t really have a “natural” side. His counting stats against lefties are gonna be a little skewed too cause he was getting platooned for a while last year with a busted left thumb.
A couple names I remember that stopped switch hitting for a bit: Jose Valentin in the mid 2000s and Billy Hamilton a couple years ago.
I switch hit. I am a lefty that learned to hit exclusively righty in little league, because I simply didn't have a left handed batter to observe. Then I just started learning to hit lefty once I found a group to play regular pickup games with in high school.
I hit for power righty, and my swing just feels totally natural. My left handed swing has never felt natural, yet I get on base. Actually doing it, even if the guys pitching to me were future minor leaguers, it really makes me appreciate the guys that can do it at an elite level with some level of success because there is no way I ever could have done that.
I'm a chubby theater kid, and even I learned how to do it! The trick was I started trying to bat lefty at a very young age, and got used to sucking at it for a very long time. After about a year, it clicked, and I now, mentally, I can swing lefty as easily as I do righty. The problem is I hardly do it anymore, so the muscles that used to swing from that side kind of creak now 🤣
I think another guy that deserves mention is Dylan Carlson. Im a Cardinals fan and I think that moving forward he and coaching should consider giving up the switch hitting. His slash line as a right handed hitter vs left handed pitching is .306/.377/.472. His slash line from the other side of the plate? .221/.304/.368. Again, like you said it isnt guaranteed that every player that drops switch hitting is able to do what Mullins did but I still think it is worth some consideration. Ironically Carlson is a pretty good defensive centerfielder like Mullins.
The important aspect of hitting from the left side, that you fail to mention, it's closer to first base. That's one reason there are so many right hand throwers that bat lefty. For a fast runner, like Ichiro, batting exclusively lefty is a no brainer. Augie Galan and Pete Reiser are two switch hitters that changed to exclusively lefty to take advantage of their speed. All three of these hitters had hundreds of infield hits. Also, most righties are right eye dominant, which gives them a better view from the left side.
Thats basically why I hit left, being 5'4'' and relying on speed, its better to be closer to 1st base if contact is made with the ball. Funny enough, I tried switch hitting before, but since I worked like 90% lefty, that swing just took over for me. I'm also a "natural" lefty (that's the hand I do my "normal" activities like writing and eating, however I throw with my right hand), but for some reason ended up batting right when I began playing baseball (maybe thats because I've also played tennis when I was young, so a two-handed backhand from a lefty is basically a righty swing)
Awesome video! Can see this channel coming a really long way!!
Thank you! I really appreciate the support!
I was a natural right-hander who switch-hit from the age of 8 until I stopped playing at 19. I became a significantly better left-handed hitter just based on the amount of RHP vs. LHP I faced. It was hard at the high school/summer ball level, simply because it's twice the work to maintain two swings. I imagine it's VERY hard at the professional level with advance scouting and the like. Tons of respect for the players still doing it well.
Interestingly, I played a little slow-pitch softball in my 20s and 30s and absolutely could not do that left-handed.
anyone know where the background music at 2:20 is from? really nostalgic. giving me pokemon elite four vibes
It’s from Super Smash Bros. Melee. A link to it and all the other background music is in the description if you’re curious
Really impressed by the amount of research you did for this. Fun topic and solid video!
Back when I was playing Legion ball, a friend of mine decided to give switch hitting a shot-he was a natural righty but he never swung the bat right again….absolutely screws with your head/vision
This makes me want to bring up Steve Jeltz, infielder for the Phillies in the 80s and Dorktown legend who BECAME a switch hitter halfway through his MLB career. Given he wasn’t a super productive player, only hitting league average one time, but that’s some dedication
2 of my favorite things baseball and the legend of Zelda in one video
5:06 keep in mind, above average k% when shown on baseball savant means LESS strikeouts than average
Keep in mind that that’s the point he was making, he sucked at everything aside from striking out at a lower rate than average.
@@mattforbes221 yes, i was not correcting him simply explaining, it was worded weirdly
3:20 that Colin McHugh pitch was filthy ngl
From my personal experience: Natural Righty
Switch hitting from age 10 to age 21 to fall ball of my junior year.
I was always able to put the bat on the ball equally both sides but my left side had far better consistency and power. Then fall season 2021 I decided to drop hitting righty completely and I found great success hitting solely lefty. Adjusting to seeing the ball lefty lefty in college was not too much of a big change for me as in my stance against lefties I slightly opened my stance up more an inch or 2.
It was also the icing on the cake my very first at bat lefty lefty was the day I decided to drop righty and I went yard on the first pitch LOL.
Graduated last year and been missing the game
I believe Victorino was taught to switch hit very late in his development (sometime in the minors if I remember correctly from his biography) so that’s probably why he was good as a full time righty
Didn't he drop switch hitting because of an injury? I remember an old broadcast saying that but totally could also be that his numbers weren't the best from the other side
I'd like to see Cedric's teammate, Anthony Santander try to only hit from one side. He has more power from the left side but he's a more overall professional hitter and takes better at bats from the right
I strongly believe that is in large part due to deep left field in Camden Yards. When looking at switch hitters and averages I believe you also need to look at homers and their home ballpark to see if one side is a power side and one side is a contact side. The players most certain know which side of the ball park favors home runs and which doesn't, this most certainly effects a switch hitters approach at the plate. Not to mention a ball hit to left is in Camden Yards is way more likely to either go over the fielders head if he's playing too shallow or drop infront of the fielder if he's playing too deep compared to any ball hit to right field, so that is certainly going to effect the batting averages.
Aaron Hicks was in a similar situation in New York as Yankee Stadium favors homers to right so hitting left was always Hicks more power side but that comes at the cost of having a bit lower average than his right side
Really interesting video but I think you missed a chance to talk about Reid Brignac. Brignac actually became a switch-hitter in the final year of his career in Triple A after 9 years as a left handed hitter in MLB. It's the opposite of what you wanted to highlight in this video but still fascinating.
That’s really interesting and I didn’t know about it so thanks for letting me know!
What a great video, can't wait to see what's next to come, keep up the great work!
Thank you for the support!
4 mins in and I've already heard Smash Bros music and Zelda music. Eager to see what's next lol
When I played baseball I got into bad habits right handed but for some reason they didn’t carry over to when I batted left handed so I actually had a better swing left handed when I’m normally right. But I also had a left eye injury which would be my lead eye batting right handed so I always thought batting left handed was easier cause my vison was a bit better in my right eye. The only real issue with batting left handed is when your about to be hit by a ball, if your used to batting right handed you turn to your right. Well if you do that while batting left handed you open yourself right up to the ball, and that’s really the only issue cause it’s all instinct when your about to be hit by the ball so you just move and if your brain is used to turning one way that’s what it’s going to do. It’s always funny to watch someone get a high inside pitch for the first time left handed. Lol
I myself am a switch hitter and there's a couple more benefits of it that many people forget. There have been times where one of my swings was slumping. Luckily, I have the ability to just hit the other way until I figure it out.
The other one comes from being a two-way player. I also pitch, so a sore arm can sometimes affect my left-handed swing. On those days, I can just hit right the whole time with no problem.
I didn’t really consider that. I really appreciate the added insight!
Pete Rose is adamant that he was a switch batter, as switch hitting took on another connotation long ago😂😂😂
Awesome topic. Love this type of content man
Thank you, I appreciate it!
I have been switch hitting since I was 5. I was the only one in every league I ever played in. I am now 37 and still do it in my rec league and am still the only one in the league. I could never stop, and have only stopped temporarily due to injuries. I am naturally a righty, but have hit lefty for so long that neither side feels more comfortable.
When i was young i could, now i can barely type with my left hand
In the case of Victorino, I wonder what his transition did to his playing time. Did his manager end up giving him fewer PA's against RHP's because of his very slight decrease & the perception that same-sided batters are going to be worse?
Also, was he put in/left in against pitchers where he was felt to not be at as much disadvantage (ie, not against top notch RHP), & thus his stats could be inflated due to selection?
I'm kind of surprised that someone hasn't come out with a contact lens that tunes up your opposite side eye to give a better view of the ball
Love the Zelda music
The biggest problem for me as a switch hitter is I have less time to practice. Hitting rounds for me, I have half as many for each side, because I have two sides. So while I can make corrections very fast from, either just due to experience and necessity, I have less time for each side. Switch hitting is literally being two batters in one. You always have something to work on, either to correct something, or to get more reps.
Posada was my favorite player growing up. I used to swing right handed in the on deck circle, got the ok to switch hit but never felt like I should risk it for the team lol
Such an unreal sick
Maybe an answer is have the nerd squad figure out the numbers on which would be the optimal times to stay rh vs lh vs staying rh vs rh. Some will have have the worst stuff for that matchup (example, super nasty away sliders lefty v lefty) . So test a hybrid style based on the extra bad matchups and see how that goes.
Very informative video. I think Lindor to an extent could be a better hitter overall as a righty as his swing seems much more natural however that power from the left is huge. I love watching switch hitters man and as a Mets fan I’ve grown up always seeing a great one lead my squad
Crazy amount of good music in one video
Gotta say this is something that I’ve NEVER thought about so i’m very intrigued (just started the vid). Just always thought of switch hitting as a thing in baseball that some guys do
The first time I remember seeing a switch hitter give up one side of the plate was JT Snow in the late 90s
I saw Carl Everett bat lefty vs Jamie Moyer, resulting in a home run down the left field line over the green monster. I'm sure this was to counter Moyer's stellar changeup.
The melee music is crazy
appreciate the breakdowns of some of the more esoteric metrics for the novice stat nerds in your audience 🙋♂
I fully agree, I've always been dumbfounded by switch hitting. It's one of those things that seems like it should be impossible.
scott spiezio had a crazy split in 2002, thats the year us angel fans will always remember. but spiezio has a pretty even split throughout his career
Love the video and music!
Zelda music.
0:51 damn that polanco bomb was sexy
I was made to bat left handed and always struggled from that side of the plate until I was 12. Ended up hitting home runs from both sides of the plate through high school. Still wish I would’ve batted righty exclusively though. Just had more confidence over there.
Also, for Mullins, it was the hair. He developed flow and he started mashing
Great video! Just gained a new follower
I hope you enjoy what’s to come in the future!
great video, thanks for making it
Glad you enjoyed!
I taught myself to switch hit when I was 8. I decided if Ken Griffey Jr. could bar lefty then so could I. Now there are definitely days where I feel one side better than the other. Also I’m a spray hitter RH and much more of a pull hitter LH.
I tried switch-hitting, but me being left-eye dominant I could never read the ball hitting left-handed, so I went back to hitting right-handed exclusively. For those who are wondering, I use the Front-Arm Dominant method of hitting.
I always tried it when I was younger and got a decent swing down, but the perspective switch just never clicked for me
@@ABrandNewBallGame It's funny because when I play slow pitch softball for whatever reason, I can only hit left-handed. I honestly confuse myself sometimes.
I'm naturally right handed but being Canadian grew up hitting left as that's how a right handed person holds their hockey stick. Would be interesting to look into that. Canadian big leaguers who almost exclusively hit left😊
My brother could bat switch and also pitch with both. I've always thought a quarterback with the ability to throw with both would be really interesting.
For me personally, I was a switch hitter, but it was more for situational needs. If I need to hit for power, I swung right handed. But conversely, I could hit for better average if I hit lefty. It really depended on the situation for the at bat.
I always wanted HoJo to give up on hitting righty. He'd have like 27 HR's lefty and 3 righty.
My dominate eye is my right eye and I'm a lefty batter, so I started training my right side batting and I'm going to see my experience gain after a month.
I tried switch hitting, being a nutural righty but being in love with lefty swings and i wanted one. I tried it out, and can swing pretty competently from the left side (not great or anything, but alright) but completely lost my righty swing cause i focused so much on my left lmao
Switch hitting is way easier than switch throwing, that’s for damn sure
Did joc go from switch to full time leftie or am i tripping?
You need to do a video on the best platoons ever in baseball
It’s definitely one I’ve had the idea for, just not sure when it’ll be in the works.
I actually started playing baseball like this and while I was 15 I had similar batting average but more power when I batted lefty even though I’m a natural righty
I had a little section about something like this in the video, but cut I ended up cutting it out I think. Anyways, I believe it was because although it’s the unnatural side, leading the swing with the stronger arm can have a large impact on the power
A good former switch-hitter that wasn't mentioned is Kyle Tucker.
Love the Zelda music in the background
Really digging the Nintendo music
These guys talk about abandoning switch hitting like they’re getting divorced
Love the video game music
14:49 perfect sync
I really enjoyed Aaron Hicks in a Orioles jersey last year
Thumbs up for the Metroid Prime music.
what do you think about geraldo perdomo?
Switch hitting automatically makes a player 1000 times more dangerous.
I remember Choi Ji-man experimented with switch hitting briefly twice, but quickly gave up each time. But he did manage to homer right handed however.
As a rhh vs rhp in the majors, Ozzie Albies is 3/11 with 2 home runs and 3 walks for a 6/14 obp. I definitely think he could benefit from stopping switch hitting, however with the strides he took this year as a lefty I say hold off until he truley struggles as a lefty
Almost all of Albies' ABs as a RHH against RHP have been against position players, knuckleballers, and guys who throw slow breaking stuff. That doesn't indicate how he would fare against a Walker Buehler or Sandy Alcantara from that side.
OKAY I CANNOT SAY IT ENOUGH YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WHAT THE FUCK A BASEBALL RUclipsR WITH THE BEST VIDEO GAME MUSIC TASTE?
Lmao this is what I'm here for, I love when people recognize and appreciate the background songs
@@ABrandNewBallGameYou should put in some xenoblade music? unless you have and i haven’t run into them in my current binge session yet lol
I would say like 99% of the music is from games I’ve played and the Xenoblade games are ones I’ve yet to get to so I don’t have any in a video (I actually own the 2nd game but haven’t gotten around to it). If you’ve got any recs from the series lmk. Hopefully it’ll motivate me to get those games out of my deep backlog too
@@ABrandNewBallGame ooh, well gaur plains and you will know our names are peak, and mechanical rhythm is too. i honestly thought that sonic song you put there was a xenoblade song at first, it sounded like it. i honestly haven’t played much xenoblade but the music is SO good!
Hello. This somewhat applies for me. I switch hit for a few seasons until now where I hit righty
Now for that switch pitcher.
I had coaches that acknowledged that I could hit from both sides but never let me take bp non dominant destroyed my dreams
I am also a switch hitter and am pretty decent at it. But I have become more comfortable and most of the times better swinging left handed than right. I have become better at hitting against left handers and have almost committed to hitting purely left handed.
How do you talk about the history of switch-quitting without mentioning Hanley Ramirez?
Eddie Murray is the best to do it in my opinion
i remember when Shane Victorino and Daniel Nava gave up on switch hitting i was perplexed as a youngin
ayo I noticed that Metroid Prime music in the background
Why the metroid prime music tho?
Why not?
@ABrandNewBallGame copywrite infringement. But seriously it's a cool choice
When I tried batting LH, I'd get dizzy and proceed to look even more foolish than me batting natural RH.
great video!
Tommy Edman has around 60 PA as a RHH vs a RHP
Look up Roberto alomar he gave up switch hitting for the tail end of the season with the O's due to injury and against certain pitchers (i think mo rivera and probably Wakefield)
"Eddie ! Eddie! Eddie!"
The FF16 music lol
I was just about to say this. 🤣🤣🤣
Anthony Santander is the best switch hitters in baseball 😎 #birdland