Aaron Judge's private hitting guru lavishes praise on Yankees' red-hot Spencer Jones

For those who are harboring dreams of a "mirror-image Aaron Judge" after Spencer Jones' latest stance tweaks, allow Judge's private hitting coach to give you even more fuel.

It's difficult to make Jones' fire seem even hotter, especially after a three-homer game on Thursday that all but made him untouchable in midsummer trade talks, but Richard Schenck — otherwise known as Teacherman — certainly tried to find some spots for additional gasoline with his postgame tweets.

Jones, crouching and almost impossibly open at the plate these days, has an unorthodox curl in his game, but it's absolutely working, leading to 13 homers in his first 19 games at the highest levels of the minors. Though his new approach looks odd to the naked eye, Schenck made his thoughts perfectly clear on Thursday evening, tweeting two videos of Jones rocking and firing with the caption, "Oppo power comes from the stretch n fire ‘around’ the rear leg. Watch how he gets there, stores the energy, then snaps."

"Starts open. Lands open. DRIVES the ball oppo. People who believe open can’t hit the outside pitch do not know hitting," Schenck continued in a reply.

Aaron Judge's private hitting coach Richard Schenck, aka "Teacherman," is a believer in Yankees' Spencer Jones

From the time Jones was drafted, the challenge placed on the Yankees team's development plate was the seemingly impossible "Build Us Another Judge From a 6'7" Frame". Failing that, New York at least had to figure out a way to cut down on the swing-and-miss enough that the game power would come close to approximating the raw power. Whether they've done that, or whether someone external has (like Teacherman), the result is the same: Jones is finally beginning to look somewhat terrifying.

Even Baseball America, one of the publications most skeptical of Jones' rise, can't deny him at this point. In an article describing him as "MLB's Most Perplexing Prospect," published Thursday, they admitted they'd finally decided to rank Jones among the game's Top 100 Prospects in their next offering. Baby steps for a giant.

Whether Jones' future is in the Yankees' hands or in Teacherman's, it seems unlikely they'll find a trade match worthy of dealing him this week. Who knows how it ends? But, at this point, even Jones' biggest critics seem primed to enjoy the fireworks show.