Albert Almora Jr. came into spring training with a remodeled swing that combined his old leg kick with a touch of Moises Alou‘s knock-kneed stance. But what killed in the cage didn’t play on the main stage, as Almora limped out of the gate with a .639 OPS and 69 wRC+ through his first 76 plate appearances. Not nice at all.
Making matters worse, he was absolutely pathetic when facing the left-handed pitchers against whom he was supposed to offer better platoon splits. In 30 plate appearances through April, Almora had a .