When do you use the power swing

[TheWarmWind]

I use a normal swing most of the time. I use a contact swing when I'm behind in the count or if the batter has REALLY poor stats (eg like a pitcher in an NL game).

I use power swing so rarely, I'd estimate you would only see me use it once every 1000 swings or so. It's for the rare occasion when runners are on base in a close game, I'm way ahead in the count and I KNOW what is coming. There is a lot of risk with power swing, especially if you're trying to avoid the double play. I hit tons of home runs with normal swing.

[countryboy]

I rarely use Power Swing. Maybe once in a blue moon I'll swing for the fences, but mostly I use normal and contact.

[PadreFan84]

I never use it


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[cusefan74]

When do I use the power swing? Never ever! Why would you? There is no need to use it.

[Tomahawk]

I almost never use the Power swing. I will sometimes use the contact swing if I have two strikes on me especially with runners in scoring position. The rest of the time I was the normal swing.

This is pretty sad, but I think I have hit more home runs with the contact swing than I have with the power swing.

[bobloblah1980]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomahawk

I almost never use the Power swing. I will sometimes use the contact swing if I have two strikes on me especially with runners in scoring position. The rest of the time I was the normal swing. This is pretty sad, but I think I have hit more home runs with the contact swing than I have with the power swing.

That's pretty much the norm around here. I will use it with huge power guys on 2-0 or 3-0,3-1 counts but only if it's right down the middle belt high.. and once in a blue moon I will try one on a 1st pitch on a whim.. It Happened the other day where I had a super power guy up and I went up 1st pitch power swinging and the pitcher threw me a hanging curve and I crushed it off the upper deck facade at Nationals Park in right field. but those are really rare occurrences

[thescottyglasgow]

this is really interesting to me because I only use power swing and I hit fine. I have a good avg and hit a lot of HR's on first and second pitches. I only use regular swing with two strikes with low contact guys like Edwin or Chris Davis rarely. Never contact. The follwing are my stats off their DD cards with over 100 abs

Player Name ABs AVG HRs
Jeff Bagwell 113 274 9
Chris Davis 436 266 43
Rod Carew 176 284 4
M. Machado 206 286 10
BryceHarper 347 265 30
Joc Pederson 163 258 11
Adam Jones 305 266 16
Mike Trout 138 261 7
Nelson Cruz 401 252 30
Yasiel Puig 556 315 32

[razorkaos]

Only when the pitcher's confidence is below 50% and/or if i have 2 or 3 runners.