The biggest improvement to his approach hasn’t been hard for Skye Bolt to identify.
It’s been about keeping his head still in the batter’s box, trusting the power will come and refusing to turn his at-bats into all-or-nothing propositions.
Keeping his head still has been even more difficult for Bolt over the past couple of days, ever since he was told a couple innings into Wednesday’s game that he was headed to the big club.
Bolt, a 25-year-old, switch-hitting outfielder joined the A’s for the start of their three-game series against the Pirates at PNC Park, although he was not in the starting lineup.