Davey Martinez talked at length before the series finale with the Phillies on the road in Citizens Bank Park on Sunday about all of James Wood’s homers to that point (and most of his doubles too) being opposite field shots, which he said was primarily a result of the way opposing pitchers were attacking the 21-year-old rookie early in his time in the big leagues.
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25578348/IMG_0830.jpeg)
“Right now,” Martinez explained, as quoted by Washington Post writer Spencer Nusbaum on X/Twitter, “… they’re throwing a lot of breaking balls, a lot of balls away.