Miami Herald · Sep 9, 2018
For Marlins rookie Lewis Brinson, it’s as easy as 1-2
A batting average starting with a ‘1’ — especially this deep into the season — isn’t a pretty sight, and Marlins rookie Lewis Brinson said he has endured some light-hearted ribbing from his teammates about his sub-.200 figure for the better part of the year.
“We made a joke about it,” Brinson said.
But even though the young outfielder has struggled through a trying first season in Miami after arriving from Milwaukee in the Christian Yelich deal, he has kept his sanity about it.
Brinson is confident he is a much better hitter than his disconcerting numbers indicate, and when he returned from a lengthy, two-month stint on the disabled list on Sept. 1, he vowed to prove it.