What I think is most interesting here is the timing. With respect to Melendez’s swing tinkering over the past two years, he was simply doing that: tinkering, tweaking, refining. The offseason is the only time to do a total overhaul. To MJ’s credit, it sure looks like that’s what happened.
…If it works out, he will have likely bought years of playing time and will end up earning millions of dollars. If it doesn’t, well, the status quo wasn’t exactly going to be the kindest to him anyway.