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- Updated: July 26, 2016
HOUSTON — Alex Rodriguez’s role with the Yankees may never have seemed more diminished than it does at this moment, but the designated hitter says that he is optimistic that he has identified a flaw in his swing, even huddling with the team’s analytics department to go over his recent output.
Rodriguez was benched for the third consecutive game on Monday, this time against left-hander Dallas Keuchel in the Yankees’ 2-1 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Rodriguez had already been sitting regularly against right-handed pitching.
“I am optimistic. I’m excited, my body feels great,” Rodriguez said. “I recognize I did not have a good swing the first three months, but I recognize that I’m moving better and the metrics and numbers are moving in the right direction. I’m super excited to get out there and hopefully do a little bit more of what I did last week, which is drive the ball.”
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he opted to sit Rodriguez because of his career numbers against Keuchel (1-for-12, five strikeouts) as well as wanting to keep Carlos Beltran in the lineup. Beltran went …
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