Most gamers declare to disregard their spring coaching numbers, however Jeff McNeil isn’t afraid to confess he might be listening to his as soon as the Grapefruit League season begins subsequent month.
After two straight seasons by which he produced at underwhelming ranges earlier than the All-Star break, the Mets second baseman desires to reach at Opening Day already in kind, as a continuation of what he hopes might be a powerful exhibiting in camp.
“I want to see some good numbers in spring training this year,” McNeil instructed Put up Sports activities+ this week. “I think that will help me out. I didn’t have the year I wanted, so you want to do well in spring training. You haven’t played in four or five months, so it is tough to get off to a hot start in spring training, but those last few weeks of camp you want to be hitting the ball well and driving the ball a little bit and have that roll over.”
McNeil produced at an anemic .216/.276/.314 clip earlier than the All-Star break final season. After altering his strategy — with an emphasis positioned on driving the ball — McNeil started to surge earlier than getting drilled by a pitch that fractured his proper wrist in early September. McNeil returned to play towards the Dodgers within the NLCS in October.
