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How Josh Bell’s Trust in Hitting Coach Butch Wynegar Led to Better Numbers

INDIANAPOLIS - We have all heard it. When a player wins an award or gets called up, many times the speeches and quotes that follow are cookie cutter thank you's to the fans, family, and/or higher powers.

However, in his speech after being named the Indianapolis Indians player of the month of June, Bell decided to go in a more heartfelt direction in thanking hitting coach Butch Wynegar. Bell has been working with Wynegar for the past year in Indianapolis and has credited the hitting coach and long-time big leaguer each step of the way.

In fact, Bell said that he can “always attribute [Wynegar] to his success.