Oakland A’s center fielder JJ Bleday showing progress in second season
OAKLAND – It had been a while since JJ Bleday added to his home run tally, so he made no secret about how good it felt to belt a two-run blast over the wall in Tuesday’s“It felt great squaring it up,” Bleday said the morning after hitting his first homer since June 23. “Those are the best, when you put a swing on it and you don’t feel it, and you spin it well and it goes over.”
While a younger version of Bleday may have gotten down on himself for not hitting many homers and sporting a .212 batting average, the 25-year-old center fielder pointed toward another statistic to measure his growth as a hitter. Speedy center fielder Esteury Ruiz has been an electrifying, base-stealing presence for the A’s, but has been out of the lineup since July 6 with a right shoulder injury.
The A’s traded pitcher A.J Puk for Bleday during spring training, taking a chance on the former top prospect who struggled in 65 games as a rookie last year, slashing .167/.277/.586.
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