re: Kling can't hit.

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Carl, you are right on. This is what Jay did to fix Beloso as well.

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Yeah, I noticed it maybe 2 weekends ago. It's subtle, but he's closed his stance a bit and it looks like his feet are a little closer together too. I'm sure it's a little awkward for him, even as subtle as it is. But he'll continue to get used to and get better the more ABs he gets.

But progress is not always linear. Especially hitting. He'll have ABs like he just did where he's seeing a guy who's not super high velocity and a fastball middle in looks like something he can turn on and deposit over the left field fence 425, and he'll pull off it and roll over it and ground out to the left side. Though he did hit that ball pretty hard. Next AB he may be more patient and focus more on letting the ball travel and hit a double into the right-center gap.

You can't just look at 1 AB. It has to be as a whole, either an entire game or an entire weekend to get a gauge on how he's progressing. And since BA has so much luck involved, I'd look at exit velos, K rate, OBP, etc...over the entire weekend to get a better idea on how he's progressing. And it's not quantifiable, but just looking at how hitters take pitches can tell you a lot. When Kling was at his worst, he was off balance, almost falling over on a lot of his takes.