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Thanks for putting 'em up!
1.  You could be right.
2.  On the left, that was one of Saunders' better swings.  On one of his swing-thru's early, his knees were WAY more open than that.  I slo-mo'ed it several times.  Am surprised to see that tight of a swing during last night's game, but there it is.  Thanks.
3.  Here too you can see a noticeable difference, from an aiki standpoint.  For example, on the right, notice that his top hand is off the bat, because he needs to let the bat go despite the lower half staying closed.  Compare the feel of the left arms in those two photos.
Also, if you imagine a clockface on the infield, catcher at noon, then the ray extending off his right toe, it's about 4:00-4:30 last night and about 3:30 on Mar. 15.  
The ray extending out of the top of the right kneecap, low on the lead thigh ... last night it's pointing at 5:00 and on Mar. 15 it was about 4:00.  Study carefully.
That would be an easy fix:  keep the right toe pointed at the 3B on the followthru.
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These seem like subtle differences, but you fail your aikido kyu test based on less than that.
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4.  See (1) above.  The swing on the left is perfectly fine for Saunders, and if he swung that way every time, I'd be cool.  It was other swings I didn't like.
The swing in your pic is much better, so maybe it's off-and-on for him.  Very encouraging to see that particular swing.
Thanks for the pics man!