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Puig sees improved patience with new stance

"What I've been working on in my stance is just to be able to pick better pitches," said Puig, through an interpreter on Tuesday after going 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over the Nationals. "Basically, what I've been working on, in changing that, hopefully I will able to connect better based on my stance."

In the 11 games since the noticeable opening-up of Puig's front foot, he's shown improved plate discipline and pitch selection, chasing pitches much less often.

From Aug. 5 and entering Sunday, Puig had swung at only 29 of the 101 offerings he'd seen outside of the strike zone, per Baseball Savant's PITCHf/x data -- a chase rate of 28.