Toronto Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins has come to life at the plate in 2015, bringing his offensive game to a level that allows his defense to produce not just a specialist, but an everyday starter. Following a statistically non-existent 2014 season in which Kevin Seitzer tried, and failed, to rebuild the swing of Goins, a more hands-off approach from incoming hitting coach Brook Jacoby is what finally clicked.
“In my case last year, it was ‘take pitches, hit the ball the other way all the time,’ ” Goins told John Lott of the National Post earlier this month.