Yasiel Puig continued his air assault on the Padres, hitting a pair of two-run home runs against Jered Weaver in the Dodgers’ 10-2 win over San Diego to take the season-opening four-game series at Dodger Stadium.
Puig worked throughout spring training with hitting coach Turner Ward on his swing mechanics, trying to improve his plate coverage. Another thing the duo worked on was trying to get the ball in the air, given Puig’s 49.4% ground ball rate per FanGraphs.
“The game today, guys are stronger with velocity.