Justin Turner

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[Justin Turner @redturn2]

I think the offensive debate, old school mind set, is to take your “A swing” and do damage before you get to 2 strikes and then with 2 make some kind of adjustment, to fight and foul off tough pitches and shorten up to put something in play. I think the best hitters do that with 2 strikes and still capable of slugging when with the get a 2 strike mistake.

I don’t think anyone in on the old school side of the coin is fighting for weak contact 0-0 just to say you didn’t strike out.

The Brewers Rays and Guardians are where they are because of this approach. The Dodgers traditionally are successful because they dominate the strike zone, take their walks and do damage when you have to come back in the zone.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

I don’t have all the answers but I love baseball because of the ups and downs and constant grind. So here’s some thoughts for the “X hitting” war that is going on right now.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

@kwhitmore @RAJr_20 @GoslinTodd So the ALDS is a good conversation piece. I’m strictly posing a question here, not taking a side. Are we good with a combined 40 k’s in game 4 and 5 for the sox?

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

Maybe? Would love to see the breakdown. If we are talking goals then we have to only talk home runs right? Do you look at goals per shots? Then you have to look at home runs per swings, not at bats. Maybe someone smarter than me can do the breakdown to see where it averages out haha

[everyone on here is a tough guy @schmidthawk]

@SouthJerzGiants @Lclimateguy @Mike_P_Zimmer @redturn2 One could argue it’s harder to score goals in soccer. In hockey. That does not automatically make them the hardest thing to do in sports.

I do think hitting is a crazy skill set that’s very different than many other ‘elite athlete’ skills.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

Any professional going up against another professional in their sport (for example: Mike Tyson vs Jacob DeGrom) will never give you info as what is more difficult. So in baseball Mike has no chance against DeGrom, but in boxing Mike would kill ja..well everyone.

So sport to sport professionals is almost impossible to compare in real competition. Off sport will always get dominated.

But, Jacob DeGrom can train in boxing every day and get better. I don’t know if Mike Tyson would ever touch a 100 MPH fastball (our training) off a pitching machine.

A baseball player can shoot uncontested 3’s all day. But in an NBA game, against an NBA defender, we aren’t scoring a single point. But I’m not sure NBA guys are hitting anything even in BP.

Does that make sense?

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

Pitchers are in control of everything, the data, analytics, slow mo cams, technology is exponentially more resourceful for them because the ball is in their hand. The only variable they have is whether the mound is good or not. They don’t have to adjust to timing issues, they get to create them.

And it does seem they are all throwing harder than ever. Argue about the radar guns all you want. Collectively, they all feel like Nolan Ryan or Troy Percival in the box these days.

Also, there so many pitchers now, guys are facing like 200 plus (this is a guess) different pitchers a year. That’s crazy hahah

[approachwithcaution#FAFO ❤️ @ncknln]

@redturn2 Justin.
Thanks for your thoughts and insight, this is a great read 🙏🏽
Curiosity, what "X hitting war" are you referring to?
Beyond this, from the 30,000' view, how would you explain this?
Can it be "as simple as" compete/compete/compete in a game of failure?
Thanks! 🙏🏽

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

Unless you say skating backwards on ice and timing up a one-timer slap shot, I’m not sure what is even close. And even in that skill if you miss you don’t walk back to the bench and wait an hour til your next chance.

[South Jersey Giants @SouthJerzGiants]

“Hitting is the hardest skill in all of sports”

Of course hitting is difficult, especially at the MLB level. Calling hitting the hardest skill in all of sports, however, requires a definition of difficulty, a way to measure it, and a meaningful comparison across sports. Without those, it’s merely an opinion presented as an established fact.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

If a hitter has a steep path, he might need to feel like he is swinging up to match pitch plane. If a hitter is “collapsing the back side” (old school terminology) he might need to think and feel like he is swinging down to get on plane!

There isn’t one path, name of the game is to match plane and create room for error.

[Certified Turtle @datb0ijb]

But some dude who didn’t play varsity baseball is “certified” and telling me to swing up and look at my exit velo??? I wonder who yall gonna listen to

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

@GoslinTodd 1st page, 2nd paragraph! I was trying to say it doesn’t matter if it’s old or new. If it’s right for that hitter great. Doesn’t mean it because the model for every hitter.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

Finding the problems traditionally isn’t the issue. Solutions are. Data tells what’s already happened. And usually, in my experience, singling out one fix leads to another problem.

Example: front arm bar in “the load” easy fix right? Just train front arm with a small bat.

But then what happens when the top hand gets added? Now we have to address that.

See what i mean?

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

@Tom_Koehler34 @abarkett17 Well, i remember watching every game in BWW’s in the beginning of 2018 hahah “George”

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

Alexander Ovechkin made $175,000,000+ in a 21-year NHL career.

Justin Verlander made $200,000,000 more

Here is why...

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

@Tom_Koehler34 @abarkett17 You watched the game???

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

2 quick opinions, 1 that’s a very subtle difference that unless you can see his letters on his jersey, you probably can’t see the difference in glove height. 2 which kinda goes with 1, the way he’s turned, you prob can’t see his glove from the plate.

I always thought if you have to slow it down and zoom in to see it, prob gonna be tough to see in real time.

[Justin Turner @redturn2]

@tylermilliken_ Tolle has to be a clubhouse favorite!!! 😂😂

[Mike Corrigan @perumike]

@court_with_a_K @redturn2 it’s nice hanging out with you guys twice a month @ChildrensLA to donate platelets!

[Seattle Sports @SeattleSports]

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⚾🏆 Los Toros de Tijuana son campeones

En #PalabraDelDeporte, @PCarrilloLavat, @CRiveraDeportes y @elcampa21, platicaron con @OmarCanizales, presidente ejecutivo de los @TorosDeTijuana, Roberto Kelly, manager y la estrella @redturn2 sobre las claves de su éxito.

[Omar Canizales @OmarCanizales]

Gracias @ImagenTVMex por las atenciones y por el espacio para compartir la alegría de este campeonato de los @TorosDeTijuana

[Omar Canizales @OmarCanizales]

Como siempre, agradecido con los medios de comunicación por su tiempo y espacio

Me encuentro en la Ciudad de México junto a Justin Turner/@redturn2 , después del título obtenido por los @TorosDeTijuana en la temporada 2026 de la @LMBBanorte

Seguimos compartiendo este gran momento y hablando de lo logrado en esta gran temporada para Tijuana