WASHINGTON — In the middle of his “refresher” in the minors, shortstop Paul DeJong broke loose of the late nights spent dissecting video of his swing, of all the afternoons spent thinking about his hand position in the batting cage. He just considered the pitcher.
What he throws.
Where he throws it.
Trust his swing to meet it.
“It became all feel for me,” DeJong said. “That was why I was able to have some repeated success. I wasn’t overanalyzing myself. I was letting the game tell me and pitch tell me how I need to play and what I need to do.