The Dodgers acquired Thompson twice because they thought the right-handed hitter would “do damage” against left-handed pitching. That wasn’t the case last season but Thompson is i…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Trayce Thompson had one job.
There were minor adjustments to be made with Thompson’s setup, improving his angle against left-handed pitchers. But Thompson diagnosed his problem against lefties as being primarily a lack of aggressiveness. Before last season, Thompson said he was looking for the way forward in his career, things that could help him “re-establish myself” as a big-leaguer. He found himself looking at video of Jose Bautista and listening to him talk about hitting. The six-time All-Star bounced from the Orioles to the Royals to the Pirates before emerging as a star with the Toronto Blue Jays at age 29.
“Last year was an outlier in the sense that he was better versus right than left,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “But he’s smart enough to know one piece of value he can add to our club is to be better versus left-handed pitching.”
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