NumberFire · Jul 10, 2017
Yonder Alonso Has Fully Committed to the New Version of Himself
After being one kind of hitter for the first seven years of his big league career, Yonder Alonso has flipped the script about himself in a big way.
On the verge of entering his age-30 season -- his eighth in the major leagues -- we knew one thing about Oakland Athletics first baseman Yonder Alonso: the man wasn't much of a power hitter.
It's hard to deny that upon taking a look at his first 2,343 plate appearances, especially since it included just 39 home runs and an Isolated Power (ISO) of .118. We got a hint that maybe things would be different in 2017, though. After all, he said that he changed his mind about his plate approach, and it was just a matter of putting it into practice.