It is no secret that when the Yankees signed Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million contract after the 2013 season, they expected big things from him.
His best season came in his first with the Yankees when he hit .271/.328/.419 with 16 home runs and 70 runs batted in. Since then however, he hit .257 and .263 with a total of 16 home runs.
During today’s Winter Warmup event at Yankee Stadium, Yankees’ hitting coach Alan Cockrell said that “[Ellsbury] has to get back to some of the things that he did, and staying with it, not changing lanes so often.