06/02/2024
Baseball is a constant game of adjustments, and those adjustments are from pitch to pitch. The important thing for hitters to remember when it comes to making adjustments is that you always give up something to gain something in the batter’s box, and when hitters make adjustments, pitchers make them as well.
If you’re getting beat by the fastball and decide to move back in the batter’s box, making that adjustment is fine just keep in mind that you have to adjust to the added distance you’ve put between you and the pitcher by being deeper in the box now. Especially if the pitcher picks up on your adjustment and starts throwing you more off-speed or breaking pitches.
It goes back to the old saying that for every action, there’s a reaction.