New eyeglasses give Kiké Hernández a new outlook on hitting
LA TimesKiké Hernández has looked like a brand-new player over much of the last month. In a subtle change that has had a profound impact on his once-slumping season, Hernández started wearing glasses during the Dodgers’ last series before the mid-July All-Star break. “He told me that him and a couple of his teammates needed glasses, and they didn’t really know through the spring training test,” Hernández said. So, starting with the Dodgers’ first-half finale in Detroit last month, Hernández began wearing glasses during games — sporting white-framed spectacles with a prescription lens in the right eye. “So once he put the glasses on, he’s seeing it a lot better, and it actually coincides with him, in my opinion, swinging the bat better, controlling the strike zone and making better swing decisions.” The breakthrough came at an important point in the Dodgers season.
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