There's a group of about eight of us that hang out daily near the cages in spring training. I can say no one worked harder than Max in the cages, with Sano next. One day he spent two hours straight there hitting off the tee mostly, with I believe was Torii. Every ball he hits off the tee is smoked. No one was consistantly hitting the ball as hard as Max did. He's a bright young man and full of desire. Granted what he's trying to do, with the off season help from Barry Bonds is unconventional way of hitting the ball, he obviously believes it will work for him. Hopefully he has some early success and sticks with it. He's hit some hard balls in the first few games, and I think he'll continue to progress to have a good year, and a great career.