WATCH: Heyward re-working his swing in Arizona

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Dec 20, 2016, 9:29 AM

Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward won another gold glove award this past season but had a dismal year at the plate.

Heyward batted .230 with seven homers, 49 RBIs and .306 on-base percentage in 2016. He has been working hard with Cubs mental skills coordinator Darnell McDonald who posted a short video of Heyward's progress on remaking his swing during the offseason in Arizona for the 2017 season.

As you can tell by the following comparison video, it's a shorter swing path through the zone so hopefully he will be able to catch up with more fastballs than in 2016.

@WhatTheMicah @DEvanAltman best I can do rn. Hard to find a longer side angle from 2016 showing full swing/load. pic.twitter.com/NbNK4E4WzJ
— Corey Freedman (@CFCubsRelated) December 20, 2016

"It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it." ~ John Wooden #setyourintention #??

A video posted by Darnell McDonald (@macdime54) on Dec 19, 2016 at 9:33pm PST