WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Paul DeJong spent a lot of his offseason at the Cardinals complex in Florida trying to get a lot of things back. He wanted to get back to the form that made him an All-Star. He wanted to get back to hitting the ball with consistency. He needed to get back some confidence at the plate. And he wanted to get back to playing the game with joy.
One mammoth home run off the bottom of the batter’s eye at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches didn’t give DeJong everything back, but it gave him a reason to smile and likely gave him encouragement to stay on his current path.