just look at where he is contacting the ball in the picture on that article, its basically past him.
I sure hope this look the opposite way catches on from last game. The only way Jason will stop hitting it harder than anyone else can into outs is by getting them to stop shifting.
That was from 2017. pix from 2016. 2017 rework looked like crap in general. Looked like a slap hitter.
Basically he was on his front foot vs his rear. So his balance was forward.
Then his lead elbow was high and extended vs low and tight. Which is where the long swing comes into play.
If you look at Mauer it is text book. Elbow down and tight. And on hip rotation his lead arm retains that low bend and tight to the body vs Heywards looked like a injury in the making with his front arm swinging like a log.
Mechanically speaking if your lead arm is strait it pushes the bat back naturally thus his bat tailing behind him when his hands get to the plate.
Then you look at the connection point: Mauer made connection by his front knee vs Heryward at his rear hip.
Again this ties to mechanics.
But I wouldn't call him fixed yet. He had many flaws going in and I'm not sure what that train wreck was last offseason of a fix.
Just because he is hitting the ball hard and banged a dinger means little with out seeing new analysis to support a legit adjustment.