Ep. 56: How Big Leaguers Are Living the Fly Life

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to Dodgers
setup man Grant Dayton about being a 28-year-old rookie, his
whirlwind success in 2016, his fascinating whiffs-and-flies
fastball, and how a move from the Marlins to the Dodgers helped him
embrace his unconventional pitching approach (0:35). Then they
bring on hitting instructor Doug Latta to discuss working with big
leaguers without being employed by an MLB team, reinventing Justin
Turner, and why the uppercut, fly-ball-oriented swing is replacing
an outmoded belief in "hitting down on the ball" (23:50). ​ Learn
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