This is Brandon Drury, for better or worse: After a spring-training game this week, long after most of his Diamondbacks teammates had left for home, Drury grabbed a bat and bounded toward an outdoor cage, ready to get in a few more swings.
For better because it is in Drury’s nature to work, to want to improve, to care deeply about his performance. For worse because it is that same single-mindedness that has left coaches and team officials to wonder if Drury’s obsession with being a great baseball player might be self-defeating.
There might not be a more intriguing position player on the Diamondbacks roster.