TORONTO — Watching Detroit Tigers shortstop Zack Short take swings — so many swings — before games is exhausting.
Now imagine being Short, who actually has to take those hacks to transform his mechanics during his debut MLB season. The benefit of his adjustment was displayed Friday. He drilled a crucial line-drive single to left against left-hander Robbie Ray in the eighth inning of a 4-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
"Trying to change at the highest level, it's (expletive) hard," Short said Saturday. "Excuse me, but you know, it's hard.