After ‘long funk’ and struggles with fastballs, has Will Smith rediscovered his swing?
LA TimesDodgers catcher Will Smith joyfully rounds the bases after hitting a game tying, two-run homer off Padres starter Joe Musgrove in the seventh inning on Thursday. “Got into a hitter’s count,” a booze-soaked but understated Smith added amid the postgame clubhouse celebration, “and put a good swing on it.” Early in his career, Smith had little trouble manufacturing such moments. “Obviously,” Bates said, “he’s had some games this year where he’s been really good.” Smith’s struggles against the fastball, however, quickly became a weakness for opposing pitchers to exploit. “More that model, if you want to say, where I was really hitting the heater.” “I got away from a little bit of stuff last year, just trying to figure out what works,” Smith added, when asked how the lingering effects of last year’s injuries have manifested at the plate. “He’s coming to life better at-bats,” Roberts said last week.
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