[新聞] Plan in motion to overhaul Cano's swing
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打擊教練打算十一月要去多明尼加，給Cano特訓....
09/11/2008 3:44 PM ET
Plan in motion to overhaul Cano's swing
Second baseman to work with Long in offseason on hitting
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Robinson Cano hears the whispers, even if he refuses to look
over his shoulder. To do so would only compound the disappointment the
Yankees second baseman fights each day.
Playing through the final month of a frustrating season, Cano has been
stung by criticism labeling his on-field effort as nonchalant. Yet those
adjectives have been meaningless compared to the cold splash of reality
Cano feels each time sees a batting average hovering in the .260s, wondering
why it belongs to him.
"I don't want to say this is a bad year, but it's at least a year that
I'm going to learn from and not be back in this situation again," Cano
said. "This is a year that you can just say, 'OK, this is not happening
again.'"
The Yankees hope so, and they are preparing steps to move in that direction.
Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long plans to travel to the Dominican Republic
to work with Cano in November. The work there will be extensive and
represents a complete overhaul of the infielder's swing.
The promise is of a completely revamped player in advance of Spring
Training. Long outlined pieces of his blueprint for Cano by eliminating
excess action, while putting him in a better position to hit, squaring
up more with the pitcher. Addressing Cano's strike-zone discipline is
also high on the to-do list.
"You're going to see a huge difference visually," Long said. "You'll see
less movement, an explosive, compact swing, and you'll probably see more
home runs. I think his average will go way up and I think his walks will
go way up."
Cano completed the Yankees' 10-game road trip batting .261 with 13 home
runs and 61 RBIs in 143 games. His .295 on-base percentage is among
baseball's lowest for regular players, and after Cano went hitless on
Wednesday at Anaheim, he had not walked in his last 99 plate appearances,
a sure sign that his plate discipline has gone backward.
"At a point there, it was moving in the right direction," Long said.
"I'll take blame for it, but he's got to take blame for it, too. You can't
go up there and continue to expand the zone and swing at pitches that you
can't drive."
The Yankees were aware of the storm clouds brewing with Cano, even when
New York placed a four-year, $30 million wager that the 25-year-old would
continue to improve. Even if Cano wasn't going by the book mechanically,
Long said, he was still able to achieve great results in the batter's box,
leaving no options to do but watch and wait.
"You can't [overhaul] a guy that's had that much success," Long said.
"I think he's still going to be a real good player. He's got to make some
changes with the mechanics of his swing, but coming in with all the success
that he'd had doing it that way, there's really not much anyone could do
other than just let him go with it."
Bryan Hoch is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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