Milwaukee Brewers’ hitting coach Johnny Narron discusses strategy – MLB News
The newly hired hitting coach of the Milwaukee Brewers Johnny Narron said on Monday, November 28, that the first thing he will do was to contract each player to build a relationship before the commencement of the upcoming Spring Training.
Johnny Narron, who is the brother of currently serving bench coach of the Brewers Jerry Narron has a philosophy of his own when it comes to offensive strategy for the club. It is important to recall that the Milwaukee Brewers had the second-best offense
this year with .750 OPS.
With Dale Sveum has gone to the Chicago Cubs, the Brewers wanted to bring someone who could guide the team’s offense to the same height it witnessed this year. Prince Fielder, one of the most talented players of the Brewers, may well be bidding farewell
to the team as he is a free-agent now. His departure will necessitate an overhaul of strategy.
That is what Johnny Narron is capable of as everyone around thinks that he is the right man for the job.
"Having had nine members of our family associated with professional baseball in different capacities over the years, I've studied the game for an awful long time," Narron said.
His strategy is to remain aggressive in the strike zone. His emphasis is to be mentally tough when there are two strikes. The pressure on the pitchers is another issue that cannot be underestimated.
“We're going to be aggressive in the strike zone, we're going to move runners when necessary, we're going to be able to get runners in. We want to be mentally tough when we have two strikes. We want to put pressure on the pitcher.”
Narron stated that he wanted quality and that the instincts and baseball awareness are fundamentals. Rest of the things, as Narron stated, will be kept as simple as possible.
Johnny undeniably has several challenges when the next season begins. However, he has ample amount of time to understand his team and the players in Spring Training. Among other things, he has to keep in mind the departure of Prince Fielder who batted for
five years with Ryan Braun to keep the team up on the offensive side.
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