Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Michael Conforto has struggled throughout the opening month of the 2025 season.
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Conforto is slashing .169/303/.289 with two home runs and five RBIs. Manager Dave Roberts believes the 32-year-old is being overly cautious at the plate.
“I think there’s a lot of indecision,” Roberts said recently. “A little too careful. Just kind of not being convicted in his hitting zone and what he wants to do in an at-bat. I thought yesterday he hit a ball well to left field. I thought he hit a back side changeup, hard grounder to (Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes). I thought that was a good at-bat.”
In 2024, Conforto hit at a .237 clip with 20 home runs, 66 runs batted in, and a .759 OPS for the San Francisco Giants. The outfielder’s best performance was in 2015, when he played a pivotal role in the New York Mets’ playoff run. He hit a .333 average with two home runs in the 2015 World Series against the Kansas City Royals.
The Dodgers hope Conforto replicates that type of performance in 2025, and Roberts believes that will come with clarity in the batter’s box.
“But I think for me it’s just wanting to have, once he gets in there, have clarity and just kind of be free and easy,” Roberts said. “I think sometimes it gets a little foggy with guys when they’re scuffling a little bit.”
Conforto was dropped to the nine-hole for Tuesday night’s game against the Miami Marlins. It’s the first time in his career he’s hit in the final spot in the lineup.
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