Early positive signs with bat for Cervelli

Statcast tracks the opportunity time and distance needed for Jackie Bradley Jr.'s catch on a hard-hit ball by Francisco CervelliCervelli struggled to hit for power last season, posting a .322 slugging percentage and a .058 isolated power mark. He finished with 14 doubles, only three below his 2015 total, but just one home run in 393 plate appearances.

Cervelli wouldn't fully blame the power outage on a fractured hamate bone in his left hand, which required surgery on June 11 and kept him out until July 19. But it certainly didn't help.

"I had a lot of pain the whole year. I'm not going to put that as an excuse, but it's hard," Cervelli said. "You start compensating with other parts and trying…