HOUSTON -- Considering the amount of work Astros catcher Brian McCann put in during the offseason to be able to hit the ball the other way more often, hitting a homer into the Crawford Boxes in left field on Tuesday against the Mariners was something he can build on.
According to Statcast™, McCann hit only one home run to left field during his three seasons with the Yankees, coming last July against Corey Kluber in Cleveland. McCann hit 69 homers total while with the Bombers. In his first nine years in the Majors with the Braves, he sent eight of his 176 homers to left, but he became more pull happy with the short right-field porch at Yankee Stadium.