ANAHEIM — A’s shortstop Marcus Semien is not knocking the ball out the park as often as he’s done so in recent seasons.
After hitting 27 homers last season and 15 the year before, Semien sits with five on the season. Surgery on his right wrist that caused him to miss 74 games this year is an obvious reason for the low power number, but even in his return, the pop in his bat has just been missing.
This does not mean he has not been a good hitter. On the contrary, Semien seems to have evolved his overall approach at the plate.