In late October, days after the Dodgers crashed out of the playoffs, Manager Dave Roberts called Yasmani Grandal. I didn’t like it.”In high school and later at the University of Miami, Grandal treated his summers as a workshop for his right-handed swing. The split became sizable in 2017, when Grandal’s on-base percentage as a right-handed hitter (.385) nearly surpassed his slugging percentage (.395). But Pentland felt Grandal “had some doubt” about handling pitches on the inner half as a right-handed hitter. His backup, Austin Barnes, is a right-handed hitter.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 19, 2017 23:55 UTC