Ian Desmond’s modified swing beginning to yield better timing and results | Mile High Sports
Ian Desmond’s first year with the Colorado Rockies was a struggle. He set career lows in WAR, slugging percentage, ISO, and wRC+. With a career-low 20.8% fly-ball percentage and a career-high 62.7% ground-ball percentage, Desmond was an outlier in a year when players were hitting the ball out of the park at astonishing rates. That ground-ball percentage was the highest in all of baseball in 2017 for players with at least 300 plate appearances, and would have led MLB in 2015 and 2016 as well.
Rockies hoping for results from Ian Desmond’s new swing
