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Doc,
In golf circles, "lag" is an important term in relation to power.  Once you have exploded your hips through and the belt buckle is pointed somewhere near the target line, how far behind does the shaft and clubhead lag?  Guys with huge lag (Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, the old Tiger) have tremendously quick hands.  The wrists don't snap, but roll (exploding is a good term, again) to square the clubface.  That lag creates clubhead speed.
I used to be good enough to have played in the Northwest Open plus sundry other events.  I never had that lag, and was a relatively pokey, scrambling, up and down machine.  But I've seen it plenty.
Vinnie has enough.  The Wells comparison is quite nice, btw.  If you frame by frame though the linked video you can see it. But you've already done that, I know.  He begins with a quiet slide (very horizontal) with the left leg and hip.  A fraction of a second later he stretchs the bat handle and arms away from the pitcher and then his hips explode.  When you get to 0:12 you'll see his hips and shoulders open and now the bat is catching up.  Great lag. 
It means, of course, that the bat doesn't stay in the zone long.....but the upside is that the bat hurts the ball when they meet.
He's certainly got extra-base power.  Does he have the pitch recognition ability to put that power into play by attacking the right pitch?
I defer on that one.
 
moe