It’s going to be hard to shake the image of Alex Dickerson’s last swing in 2021.
It came and went in the 7th inning of game 5 of the National League Division Series. Blake Treinen threw a heavy 93 MPH cutter that fell into the upper third of the strike zone. It wasn’t an amazing pitch, but Dickerson likes it low and this one was placed high enough for him to wave right through it. He held the bat at the end of his swing for a moment, almost comically, like a golfer watching their drive shank into the trees, before crossing back over the plate to the dugout.