Getting into the ready position at the plate

At the plate, it's all about getting into a ready position.
Hall of Famer Jim Thome and Sean Casey show how the MLB's best do it.

[@WilliamHendershott]

This is utterly fantastic to watch these baseball ambassadors love on the game and break down hiitting mechanics.

[@jockoadams3377]

The lights in MLB Network Studios don't run on electricity.... they go off of Sean Casey's positive energy.

[@urmomma420]

This gold. Amazing advice from a a hall of famer and a good hitter 👍

[@honkeytonkjohnnygumbo1137]

Who put a thumbs down to this video? This is one of the best explanation on hitting I've seen yet!

[@matthewehiggins]

These are so great. Love these videos

[@rickrose5377]

They put David Bote -- who only even has a roster spot because Kris Bryant is injured -- in with that crowd, some of the best hitters in the game? That's gotta make the kid (who's nice as can be, and is playing his ass off) feel like a million dollars.

[@ccl2384]

I DON"T KNOW WHAT WE"RE YELLING ABOUT!

[@edwardlindsey1390]

😂

[@baileysmith4744]

can we acknowledge the fact that JD Martinez wears his leg guard on the back leg? watching his swing it makes sense, but you never really see that

[@raes306]

Love how excited they get!!

[@hahahahno9690]

ooh yay a new video

[@dape8993]

Sean Casey needs to understand that he is wearing a microphone. He doesn't have to yell!

[@TBoneBoomBoom]

Casey needs to switch to decaf!

[@matthewehiggins]

No way. Love the energy and excitement

[@masonmokdad7402]

I love their enthusiasm

[@PotentialUnleashed.25]

😂😂😂

[@djwolfville290]

Hahahaha this comment hade dying....but man. Jim Thome is a legend. Also had a monster swing

[@dagruddicker22]

Knob to the catcher, knob to the ball, and bam there goes the ball. That is what I teach to my years-old to my adults.

[@bingchii-ling9393]

They don't know Bote!!!!!!

[@mikeschaefer3197]

The points made here are common among almost every major league hitter and any higher level player for that matter. What then is the separation between being world class and being average?? The timing of all of these things with the ball and where your vision is at the appropriate time and place. Hitting is 3 major things...Approach, Mechanics and Timing. They all serve a major role but the first two don't matter if you don't know how and when to time!

[@rjvsmb]

From Babe Ruth to Mike Trout.

[@davidjoslyn1817]

That man needs to take a chill pill Jim is so calm and then the other guy is screaming about everything😂

[@josephsmith7423]

His foot is off the ground at contact Jim

[@rawmail102171]

Casey describing Freeman at about the 2:18 mark, "Head back, hands back, boom DOWN through the baseball". DOWN through the baseball? Proof that because you played at the elite level doesn't mean you know what you're talking about. Perhaps he misspoke, but clearly Freeman is slightly UP through the baseball.

[@brandonloner5070]

He said he wants his kid to go and get the baseball which is fine for a fastball. But it’s hard to stay back on anything else. I mean his kid is probably young and doesn’t see them yet but once you start habits it’s hard to break

[@juancontreras1075]

Brandon Loner go get the baseball as in attacking it with your body not your bat, the hands stay back on your load with an offspeed you just remain the hands at load and explode them when needed otherwise that’s take your regular swing on a fastball

[@ajactually1515]

I really like this it gives you great tips I recommend it

[@YankeesEZ]

New York Yankees New hitting coach

[@robertharvey9047]

football

[@kseries1981]

Casey needs to lay off the Red Bulls

[@larryrush7070]

These guys are clueless to each batter's unique usage of a kinetic chain to hit. Mookie Betts' approach is by far the freest and most efficient kinetic chain. Mookie is also the only one of the group that can attack with the back hand above, below or any angle between relative to front hand. He gets to choose the best bat path based on the height of the pitch. All these other batters appear to attack each n every pitch from below only, having to bring their clubhead from up to down under to way back up again to hit a pitch above their hands. So many hitters with this flawed upper cut approach forced MLB to lower the top of the strike zone since they can't hit a pitch up under the letters.

[@Wes-pq4pl]

Do you know who Jim Thome is?

[@santiagoarroyave9018]

@@Wes-pq4pl Having talent to do something is not the same as understanding the mechanics of it, every big leaguer is good, not all of them know why ( also.. to have a TV show about "teaching" people about the mechanics of hitting, you gotta be able to express yourself much better than this, they can yell all they want looking at people swinging, but this won't make the audience understand a thing xd )

[@dape8993]

Sean Casey needs to understand that he is wearing a microphone. He doesn't have to yell!

[@chrisc3697]

You must be a beta,,,

[@madxD144]

@@chrisc3697 ?