Dodgers Shortstop Prospect Has Historic Efficiency in Triple-A

Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Trey Sweeney had a profession night time for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis on Wednesday, ending with 4 hits and 5 runs batted whereas main the crew to a 6-1 win over Albuquerque. His recreation started with an inside-the-park residence run adopted up with two extra residence runs for his first multi-homer recreation in his skilled profession. When requested after the sport if he had successful an inside-the-park earlier than, he needed to go all the way in which again to his early days in Little League.

“Yeah, it’s been a very long time since I hit a kind of,” Sweeney mentioned. “I figured I labored so exhausting to get the primary one which I’d simply go the better route for the subsequent two.”

In his first at-bat, Sweeney hit a 409-foot drive off the middle discipline wall that bounced into proper discipline, permitting Sweeney to race across the bases with out a throw. He defined the hit after the sport.

“Once I first hit it, I knew I bought a maintain of it good,” Sweeney mentioned. “However I additionally thought he may monitor it down. Middle discipline here’s a lengthy methods away [428 feet]. I used to be hitting second once I observed it kicked away and form of rolled into no-man’s land and that’s once I realized I had an excellent shot at [the inside-the-park home run].”

His subsequent two residence runs have been extra conventional, going over the wall.

His 4 hits and 5 RBIs have been each profession highs. He now has hit 4 residence runs in 5 video games and 14 at-bats. He entered the sport with two lengthy balls in his earlier 44 video games and 185 at-bats.

What’s the rationale for the latest uptick for Sweeney?

“Simply making some small changes,” Sweeney mentioned. “I used to be lacking quite a lot of hittable pitches early on and swinging at pitches I shouldn’t have been. I simply wasn’t seeing the ball very well. It’s all about discovering one thing you’re assured and comfy with and I’ve completed that just lately.”