PITTSBURGH -- Sean Rodriguez has tried just about everything. He's choked up on the bat, shortened his swing, swung harder, swung softer, cut back on his leg kick, lessened his hand movement and so on. He's felt good at times during his pregame work with hitting coaches Jeff Branson and Jeff Livesey, but it hasn't translated to the field this season.
"I'm making adjustments, whether it's day to day, at-bat to at-bat, pitch to pitch. I'm trying," Rodriguez told MLB.com on Saturday night. "It's every day. Maybe I'm taking too many swings in the cage, I don't know.