Jake Lamb could blame the shoulder injury that caused him to miss the final two months of the 2018 baseball season. But he doesn’t.
He could blame the quadriceps injury that caused him to miss nearly three months in 2019. But he doesn’t.
“It was all on me,” he said.
“It” was hitting just .222 with an OPS (on-base and slugging percentages) .655 in 2018.
“It” was hitting .193 with an OPS of .676 in 2019.
For Lamb, "it" was cliff dive from 2016 and 2017, when he it 59 home runs and drove in 196 runs and made an All-Star Game appearance.