I think you missed the ball on this, literally. If you remember Gomez’s complaint, his swing was more than it was just handsy and he was trying to make contact way in front of the plate. These problems are related. If you look at the photo the ball is behind the catchers glove, indicating not only that he fouled it off but that he made contact at a point closer to the plate and later in the zone than in the draft videos. The photo is taken a couple frames beyond the point of contact.

One of the problems I had with Gomez’s analysis is that is is mostly based on the best video he can find. I think he would agree this isn’t the best method. You need to see players a few times and capture a couple sequences of video. The same can be said about about me saying that he has advanced based on a couple photos, but from the information at hand it is clear that he has advanced his swing quite a bit. When I see him I will try to catch a couple small videos with my digi-cam and try to break down the differences.