Here's how the Los Angeles Angels' first base coach helped Jo Adell with his work in the outfield.
after his career appeared to be at a crossroads heading into this season. The former first-round pick had yet to show what the Angels expected when they drafted him 10th overall in 2017 prior to this season, but is now playing at a higher level in the outfield and as a hitter.
Adell gave credit to a somewhat surprising source for molding the practice routine that has led to his success: Angels first base coach Bo Porter played a key role that ultimately led to his breakout performance this season.. "We’ve come in, and first day in spring training we were about our routine. We were about our work.
For the first time in his major league career, Adell is on pace to have a positive outs above average in right field,. He currently has an OAA of 1 this year, compared to previous years when he had an OAA of minus-3 or minus-4. "One thing I struggled with was going back on balls," Adell told Rush. "I struggled going back on the baseball. And what did we do? We set up basically a simulated version of he game, where I would be going back on balls, going back working around the fence, knowing where my surroundings were. Once the game happens I’ve already made 25, 30 plays each and every way.
"Now it’s like, this is just kind of going through the motions in a way. So I have to give a lot of credit to them creating that practice routine, where I could just come out and play the game, and not worry about ‘is there a play I haven’t worked on?' — I haven’t gone this way before, I haven’t turned my right shoulder and done a spin move to try to make this play — I’ve done all of it. With that level of comfort in practice, it just translates over into the game.
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