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Yasmani Grandal on new diet, ready to contribute hitting right-handed

GLENDALE, Ariz. >> Yasmani Grandal knew his new diet had really taken hold when his seven-year-old daughter was visiting her grandmother.

“As soon as you mention vegetables to a little kid, they say, ‘No,’” Grandal said. “So we just started making food and we never really mentioned that it was all vegetables. We didn’t make a big deal.

“Two, three weeks ago she was at her grandma’s house and her grandma bought her some candy. She goes back and reads the label and it said 57 grams of sugar or something like that. She goes up to her grandma, ‘Hey, grandma – this has too much sugar.