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Adjustment has Jaso relaxed at plate
- Updated: May 20, 2016
PITTSBURGH — John Jaso doesn’t hide how he’s feeling at the plate. When he was off a few weeks ago, he said he wasn’t seeing the ball well. Asked how things were going after a three-hit game Thursday night, Jaso was characteristically honest.
“I feel pretty good about it,” said Jaso, who went 7-for-14 with a double, triple, two walks and no strikeouts in the Pirates’ victorious four-game series vs. the Braves. “Getting those numbers helps mentally. I feel like I’ve been laying off pitches and when I swing the bat, hitting most balls on the barrel, which is nice.”
Jaso began the season on a tear at the plate, hitting .361/.420/.492 in his first 16 games. In the 16 games after that, he hit .190 with six walks and 10 strikeouts.
Now, Pittsburgh’s primary leadoff man is back in a comfortable place at the plate, and the results are falling back into place as well. Jaso entered Friday’s series opener at PNC Park with a .301/.369/.459 batting line.
“I felt like I wasn’t seeing the …
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