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Top prospect Arcia adjusts mechanics at plate
- Updated: August 24, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Before Orlando Arcia left the dugout to line the double that sparked the Brewers’ winning rally over the Rockies on Tuesday, manager Craig Counsell reminded the rookie shortstop that this was one Major League pitcher — Jake McGee — he’d seen before. Arcia homered off McGee in Spring Training.
Arcia looked his skipper in the eye and winked.
“I was mentally ready when they told me I was coming up to hit,” said Arcia, who entered that pinch-hit at-bat in a 2-for-34 slump. “I had a feeling what was coming.”
“It’s been rough, but I kind of found that I’ve been out front a little bit on my swing,” Arcia said of his recent struggles. “I sat down and watched video a little bit with ‘DC’ [hitting coach Darnell Coles], and we worked on it in the cages. I felt like in that at-bat yesterday, I did better staying back and having a better at-bat.
“It feels a lot better. A couple of the other guys have told me I was out front a little bit. When I was able to put it to work, I felt it …
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