Dodgers Nation · Sep 8, 2021
Dodgers: Cody Bellinger Still Working on ‘Mechanical Things’ with Coaching Staff
To say this isn’t the year we were expecting for Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger would be a massive understatement. Or maybe I should say former slugger. The 2019 National League MVP has been a shell of himself while battling through swing issues and changes over the last two seasons.
Then the injuries struck.
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Offseason shoulder surgery to repair a labrum damaged by a few too many subluxations suffered on diving plays on the infield and finally done under on a home run celebration last October. He started spring training this season late and got into only 10 games before opening the season as the starting centerfielder for the Dodgers.