It’s a pre-pitch timing mechanism that violates a basic tenet of hitting — keep the hands quiet — and would make most Little League coaches, let alone a major league coach, cringe.
“It’s so unique, it’s eye-grabbing,” Angels hitting coach Dave Hansen said of the hitch in outfielder Ben Revere’s swing. “It’s so late and so quick to the naked eye that I can see where it might mess up a pitcher visually. But it works for him.”
Revere, who signed a one-year, $4-million deal with the Angels in January, starts with his hands about helmet-high.