For a moment on Monday morning, Brandon Moss crouched into a faux batting stance in front of his locker and demonstrated the change. He pretended to grip a bat. He tucked his head downward.
All spring, he said, his timing had been off. He was late on pitches. He rarely found hard contact. The problem stemmed from something simple: The placement of his head.
“All spring, I hadn’t really barreled anything,” said Moss, the Royals’ designated hitter. “I had gotten some hard hits. But I was late a lot.”
So on a recent morning, Moss went to work with hitting coach Dale Sveum, looking for a solution.