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“We have a really deep roster, to where even the guys who aren’t playing are really talented, and we’re not losing any steps,” said Cody Bellinger, who smashed a pair on Sunday at Citi Field after hitting a grand slam there on Friday night.
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If there is a common denominator or magic formula, it might be an instruction so simple we all heard it as kids: Swing at strikes, don’t swing at balls. It’s no accident that Bellinger and Muncy are also the team leaders in walks, with 36 and 35 respectively before Monday night.
“Stand in the zone and get a good pitch to hit,” hitting coach Turner Ward said. “That’s what we do damage on. There’s a patient aggressiveness that we’re trying to maintain. And when we do that, we’re really good.
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So exercising plate discipline and punishing mistakes is as good an explanation as any. That and a willingness to adjust, since the pitcher/hitter duel constantly evolves as each side has more information at its disposal.
