[Get Line Bat] Amazing OPS improvement! How to use the training bat supervised by Minoruman

May 11, 2023

Hello! I'm Par-nii from Amazing Baseball Partners!

In this article, we will explain in detail how to improve your OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) using the Get Line Bat, a training bat supervised by baseball YouTuber Minoruman!

table of contents
■What is Get Line Bat?
■What is OPS?
Why is OPS important?
The key to improving OPS
■ Improve your ball-catching skills
■ Summary

■What is Get Line Bat?

The Get Line Bat is a training bat designed to improve hitting ability, and was supervised by Minoruman, a baseball YouTuber and representative of Amazing Baseball Partners!

What is Minorman?

Minoruman (Minoru Hirohata)

[Biography]
In junior high school, he played for the All Hirakata Boys team and won the Giants Cup.
At Osaka Toin High School, he played as the second batter and second baseman at Koshien. He became the captain in his third year. He then went on to Asia University, where he won the Meiji Jingu Tournament. After graduating from university, he joined the JR Central baseball team. As a pioneer in baseball instruction, he has over 170,000 followers on YouTube and Instagram.

The Get Line bat developed by Minoruman has gained widespread recognition mainly through social media, and is now a training bat favored by professional baseball players.
It has become a popular item that is not only loved by people in Japan, but is also ordered by customers from overseas.

This time, I would like to talk about how to use this Get Line Bat to improve your "OPS".

■What is OPS?

"Baseball fans often say this."

"I heard it in an MLB movie."

How much do you know about OPS?
In recent years, this number has become quite familiar, being displayed along with batter statistics during baseball broadcasts.

Simply put, it is an indicator that quantifies how much a batter can contribute to a run.
The formula is simple: On-base percentage + slugging percentage = OPS. A batsman with a batting average of .750 or above is recognized as an excellent hitter, while a batsman with a batting average of .900 or above is recognized as a player of MVP class in professional baseball.

[OPS evaluation chart]

Rank	evaluation	OPS Scope
A	wonderful	.9000 and above
B	very good	.8334 – .8999
C	good	.7667 – .8333
D	common	.7000 – .7666
E	Below average	.6334 – .6999
F	bad	.5667 – .6333
G	Very bad	.5666 or less

Why is OPS important?

This has been heavily influenced by the rules of baseball, where points are scored by reaching all four bases.

On-base percentage = In order to score, you have to get on base. Hits and walks are both equally important for getting on base, so it is valued more highly than batting average.

Slugging percentage is all about how far you can advance a runner to the next base, so long hits that can advance the bases 2 to 4 times with one hit are essential for improving your scoring rate.

The combination of these two figures, known as OPS, indicates a player's contribution to scoring, and players with high OPS are valued by their team and are more likely to play in games.

What is the key to improving OPS?

The key is on-base percentage!

OPS is made up of on-base percentage and slugging percentage. By increasing the base of on-base percentage, an OPS of .750 or higher becomes more realistic!

Aiming for an on-base percentage of .400!

As long as a player can maintain a certain batting average, even a player with few long hits can maintain a slugging average of .300 to .400.

Therefore, if the base on-base percentage exceeds .400, the OPS will be closer to exceeding .750.

By the way, the trick to increasing your on-base percentage is to avoid getting out.

It may seem difficult to say, but

As long as the ball hits the bat, there is a good chance that the bat will not be out.

A strikeout is automatically declared an out,

When the ball hits the bat, many possibilities arise.

HR, clean hit, soft hit, persistent walk, etc.

Baseball is a sport of probability, so there is no need to win cleanly; you need to think about how to advance to the base, so getting on base is important.

We now know that in order to improve your on-base percentage, you need to improve your "ball-catching technique" !

Improve your ball-catching skills

The key to hitting the ball reliably is to pay attention to your swing trajectory .

If you can master the level swing, approaching the ball in a straight line in relation to its trajectory, your chances of hitting the ball will increase dramatically .

The Get Line Bat is very effective in developing a level swing.

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When you try to catch the ball with the hitting surface of the shuttlecock, your swing will naturally be flat, level in relation to the ball's trajectory.

By hitting the ball on a more level trajectory, the feeling when you catch it is very pleasant, and it makes practice fun, so it is highly recommended as children can concentrate and get high-quality practice.

[If you hit the ball well with the shuttlecock-shaped hitting surface, the ball will fly beautifully]

Level swings are trending in the majors

Since around 2017 , the fly ball revolution has become a new trend in the baseball world, with both professional and amateur players adopting a swing that puts the bat on the barrel zone line. This has led to a sudden increase in home runs and has become established as a new style of baseball.

In the major leagues, pitchers have already started pitching to counter this. The strategy is centered on pitches with gravity-defying trajectories, known as VAA (mainly four-seam fastballs). (There are also more balls that appear to float when seen by the batter, such as gyro-spinning slurpers.)

That's where the action is

It's a level swing.

Yoshida Masanao , whose performance has improved recently, has also been reported to be getting more hits by lowering his grip position a little compared to the beginning of the season and focusing on a more level swing !

That wave will eventually come to Japanese baseball!

So, use the Get Line Bat now and work on mastering your level swing!