[Blzer]

I'm liking what I hear about hitting, specifically the fact that he called contact hitting "standard hitting", and that influencing hitting is not designated to hit the home run, but rather simply to attempt to get lift (sacrifice flies, etc.).

Unfortunately, I wouldn't look forward to just flicking the stick up, I'd much rather load. But if it sounds like a stick flick is the standard way of swinging, then the defensive mechanic makes sense in that regard. Now if next year they can instead give every swing type a load (including DSM), then the mechanic will increase tenfold in my book.