MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After reaching the All-Star break batting .300 with 45 RBIs (both on pace for career highs), hopefully Jedd Gyorko didn’t jinx his second half by spending some R&R with the “MetroNews Sportsline” crew.
Excerpts from his hour-long studio visit, in which the ex-West Virginia star touched on fatherhood, launch angles, and building a house in Morgantown:
On changing his swing to hit the ball in the air:
“Hitting the ball on the ground now, with the shifts, are mostly outs. Been taught your whole life to hit the ball low and hard up the middle, well i started to do that and there was a guy standing right there, so I said something’s gotta change.