GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton often took advice from teammate and elite hitter Joey Votto last season. Hamilton also learned by example from watching Votto, especially when both were struggling during the first couple of months.
"When Joey wasn't going well last year, everybody was pounding him in and pounding him in," Hamilton recalled on Tuesday. "He didn't switch, and I noticed. Everybody wanted him to pull balls because they were throwing him inside. He stuck with his approach and did his thing. When you have an approach, it will work eventually.