Travis d’Arnaud used the KISS method — Keep It Simple, Stupid — Saturday.
And the result was he picked up where he left off last September — and in spring training.
“Just keep things simple. I get in trouble when I overthink, so [the hitting coaches] told me that today just to keep things simple and I had some good results,” said d’Arnaud, who hit six of his 16 homers in September last season.
His best result Saturday was his first homer of the season, a drive on a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth.
“Just got a good pitch to hit, 3-2 count.