OAKLAND — The offense is returning, now about the defense.
A small adjustment in his pre-pitch posture and swing load has seemed to help Domingo Santana come to life at the plate in the first two games of the series vs. the A’s. After a torrid start to the season, he had cooled off significantly over the past few weeks.
But after Santana and the hitting coaches looked at video of his early at-bats and comparing them to his recent ones, they noticed that he was collapsing too much on the backside of his swing leading to a severely pronounced uppercut.