Film doesn’t lie. Baseball is a game of inches.
So while some suggested that maybe Travis d’Arnaud was pressing after his name appeared daily in the “Trade Rumors” sections, hitting coach Kevin Long and assistant Pat Roessler scanned the tape again. And there it was.
A long stride.
“Actually, we picked it up today. My stride length is a little longer than normal so I’m drifting a little bit, which is making me foul some balls off,” d’Arnaud said Wednesday before the Mets faced the Cardinals at Citi Field. “So I’m just working on it today with Kevin Long and Pat and we’re going to try to fix it.