Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly isn’t worried about the recent hitting woes of his star rookie, Brian Anderson. He knows the outfielder will continue to push through and work on his swing while hitting second in the team’s batting order.
That’s what good ballplayers do. Anderson, who has surpassed the expectations from the front office in his first full season on the Major League level, is still a valuable part of the team’s success this season, no matter how small it has been.
As Wells Dusenbury of sun-sentinel.com wrote, “While the 25-year-old, who’s hitting .