Former Angels first baseman Wally Joyner is in the middle of a one-week stint as a guest instructor and has been paying particularly close attention to struggling left fielder Cameron Maybin, who is hitless in 18 spring at-bats entering Monday’s exhibition game against the Dodgers.
Joyner, who played the first six years (1986-91) and final year (2001) of his 16-year career in Anaheim, spent the past three years as the hitting coach in Detroit, where Maybin put up career bests in batting average (.315), on-base percentage (.383) and slugging percentage (.418) last season.
“He’s worried and he’s pressing, which doesn’t mix very well with baseball,” Joyner said.