The Diamondbacks’ best “hitter” received a very nice compliment the other day from Marlins manager Don Mattingly, who had a .307 career batting average during his playing days with the New York Yankees.
“Quite honestly, he can really hit,” Mattingly told reporters after the Diamondbacks took three of four in Miami last week. “We were talking on the bench, and he’s probably got a better swing than like 70 percent of the guys in the big leagues. I’m serious about that. Just look at his mechanics.”
Mattingly wasn’t talking about Paul Goldschmidt, who on Monday was named the National League’s Player of the Month.