BRADENTON, Fla. – The conversations happened towards the end of the 2021 season. After a year of experimenting and searching for how to make his swing work, Cole Tucker was chatting with Derek Shelton and Don Kelly.
Their message: “We want it to be simple.”
After some more toying around, Tucker found something foundationally. The leg kick was drastically reduced, he planted his front heel more and his focus was to make sure he was stable in the box.
The early results were encouraging, posting an .892 OPS over his final 16 games of the season.