Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Michael Conforto has struggled all through the opening month of the 2025 season.
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Conforto is slashing .169/303/.289 with two residence runs and 5 RBIs. Supervisor Dave Roberts believes the 32-year-old is being overly cautious on the plate.
“I believe there’s lots of indecision,” Roberts mentioned lately. “Slightly too cautious. Simply sort of not being convicted in his hitting zone and what he needs to do in an at-bat. I assumed yesterday he hit a ball nicely to left subject. I assumed he hit a again facet changeup, arduous grounder to (Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes). I assumed that was a superb at-bat.”
In 2024, Conforto hit at a .237 clip with 20 residence runs, 66 runs batted in, and a .759 OPS for the San Francisco Giants. The outfielder’s greatest efficiency was in 2015, when he performed a pivotal function within the New York Mets’ playoff run. He hit a .333 common with two residence runs within the 2015 World Sequence in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Royals.
The Dodgers hope Conforto replicates that sort of efficiency in 2025, and Roberts believes that may include readability within the batter’s field.
“However I believe for me it’s simply desirous to have, as soon as he will get in there, have readability and simply sort of be free and simple,” Roberts mentioned. “I believe generally it will get a little bit foggy with guys after they’re scuffling a little bit bit.”
Conforto was dropped to the nine-hole for Tuesday evening’s sport in opposition to the Miami Marlins. It’s the primary time in his profession he’s hit within the ultimate spot within the lineup.
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