Bat Speed Isn’t Timing: Why Late Can Look Like Slow
Shohei Ohtani’s postseason data shows why a fast barrel can still arrive late—and what to check before changing a hitter’s path.
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MLB Breakdowns · Timing · SwingChecker™
MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor · Mental Game
11 Pitches, One Swing
Jake Bauers battled Blake Snell for 11 pitches in NLCS Game 3, then homered. What a long at-bat teaches every hitter, and how to train it.
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MLB Breakdowns · Mental Game · Hitting Processor
Drag Him Down With You
The Brewers hit the fewest homers in baseball and still made October. The two-strike grind behind it, and the AHD challenge to train it.
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MLB Breakdowns · The Swing
Change With a Reason
Dax Kilby’s Fall League swing change shows why an adjustment has to solve a baseball problem, not chase a look.
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MLB Breakdowns · Bat Speed
Harder Without Wilder
Zack Gelof added bat speed and contact while swinging less. Build power and decisions together.
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MLB Breakdowns · Timing
Ready for 100: José Ramírez and Fastball Timing
Ramírez homered off 99.9 mph. Fastball readiness is a skill: early enough to attack, calm enough to adjust.
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MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor
The Walk-Off Started With a Take
Chourio’s walk-off began with a disciplined take. The Hitting Processor makes better swings possible.
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Swing Development · MLB Development
A Direct Bat Path Is Not Enough
Every coach wants a direct path. But a direct barrel attacking the wrong pitch is wasted. Position, plan, then path.
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Hitting Processor · MLB Development
The Off-Speed Test
A hitter can crush the heater and still get exposed. The off-speed test checks all 4 pillars at once.
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Complete Hitter · MLB Development
A Swing Change Is Not a Plan
Why a beautiful cage change can look exactly the same in games. Every swing cue needs a game question.
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Swing Development · MLB Development
How to Know If a Swing Change Is Working
Rebuilding the swing on Tuesday and competing on Friday is how hitters get lost. Test it the AHD way.
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Player Development · For Coaches
Scouting Is Not Coaching
“Fast bat.” “Great athlete.” Useful observations, but not coaching yet. Turn every label into a better question.
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Mental Game · MLB Breakdowns
October Kiké: What Hernández Teaches Every Hitter About Pressure
Some hitters shrink when the lights get bright. Kiké Hernández gets bigger. What October Kiké teaches every hitter about pressure.
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MLB Breakdown · Development
Austin Hedges Was Never Done
What one veteran’s rebuild can teach young hitters about owning the process.
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MLB Breakdowns · Swing Development
Caminero vs. Pujols: Current & Former AHD Models
Pujols built the model swing. Caminero has it now, and Pujols helped coach it. The fastest, flattest swing in baseball.
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MLB Breakdowns · Mental Approach
Tough. A Winner. Big Hits.
A 16th-round pick with a bad eye, a World Series 4-for-4 and a homer for his first hit of 2026. What Tommy Pham teaches hitters.
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MLB Breakdowns · Complete Hitter · Player Development
Data Doesn’t Swing the Bat
The Red Sox scored two runs in two games. Willson Contreras said data and computers aren’t enough. Here’s what every hitter should take from it.
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MLB Breakdowns · Swing Development
He Takes Strikeouts Personally: The Jacob Wilson Swing
A rookie All-Star starter who almost never misses. How his swing was built, and what young hitters should copy.
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MLB Breakdown · Swing Development · Player Development
Miguel Cabrera’s Timeless Swing
What Cabrera’s 500th home run teaches hitters about adjustability, consistency and building a swing that survives change.
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MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor
105 MPH. Now What, Hitter?
Misiorowski threw 105.5 mph. That leaves a hitter about 0.22 seconds to decide. Here’s how complete hitters train for it.
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Mental Game · MLB Breakdowns
The Error Doesn’t Get the Last At-Bat
A late throw in the 7th. A two-out homer in the 10th. Alec Bohm and the short-memory lesson every hitter needs.
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MLB Breakdown · Swing
Hard Contact Isn’t Enough: The Tatis Contact-Point Lesson
Contact point is a diagnostic signal—not a magic cue.
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Kehoe Going All Kehoe · Complete Hitter · MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor
They’re Not Extinct. We Stopped Building Them.
Gwynn, Boggs and Carew would win games in 2026. Why the contact artist is a winning brand of hitter.
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Mental Game · MLB Breakdown · Player Development
The Game Gives You Another Chance
Even the best hitters in the world struggle. Stay prepared, reset fast and be ready when the game offers another opportunity.
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MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor
One Swing. One Series Lead.
Cleveland loaded the bases twice and scored nothing. Murakami hit one pitch 440 feet. What hitters learn from ALDS Game 1.
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MLB Breakdown · Complete Hitter
Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Complete Hitter Standard
A real-world look at tools, development and the complete player.
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MLB Breakdowns · Hitting Processor · Approach
One Run in Two Games: What October Does to Hitters
MLB’s best offense scored one run as the Padres swept the Cubs. Gavin Sheets beat 101 mph. Here’s the lesson.
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MLB Breakdown · Complete Hitter
45 Homers. Two Completely Different Hitting Blueprints.
Same power total, very different paths—and a major development lesson.
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Player Development
Development Should Survive the Coach
Real development teaches athletes why they are good and how to find it again.
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Hitting Processor · Swing Development
The Value of Time: Why the Best Swings Let Hitters Decide Later
Efficiency and adjustability can give hitters more usable decision time.
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