Seiya Suzuki’s behind-the-scenes work is the essence of the place he hones his swing and timing, areas which were out of whack for stretches this season.
Suzuki usually doesn’t provide a lot perception when requested in regards to the specifics of any mechanical changes he works on, although it doesn’t have something to do with considerations about giving an excessive amount of data to the opposing staff.
“I just don’t like to talk too much,” Suzuki stated by way of interpreter Toy Matsushita on Wednesday earlier than the collection finale in opposition to the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field.
Suzuki’s pregame and postgame cage work is the place the inspiration of his in-game success is constructed. After Monday’s loss to the Nationals, that’s the place he headed to get in further late-night work in an effort to get on monitor. His four-hit sport, together with a house run, in Tuesday’s 17-3 blowout victory is the kind of hitter the Cubs consider he can faucet into extra regularly than they’ve seen since he made his big-league debut final season.
“It starts in the cage and whatever I feel during practice, if I can put that out when I get into the game and get those results I feel really good and I feel like I’ll get more confident,” Suzuki stated. “But even in certain games where I got a couple hits, I still wasn’t able to feel some satisfaction. But obviously I feel like I have some confidence now in what I’m trying to do.”
Suzuki adopted his nice sport Tuesday with a first-inning single Wednesday off Nationals starter Trevor Williams. Suzuki’s pregame routine is normally tweaked to account for the kind of beginning pitcher he’s dealing with that day. If it’s a four-seam fastball dominant arm, he incorporates high-tee drill, or a sinker baller will trigger him to give attention to making an attempt to remain contained in the baseball and drive it to right-center within the cage.
Manager David Ross has seen Suzuki studying the worth of coming to the ballpark and having a every day routine unbiased of no matter sort of starter he’s dealing with that day.
“Being around Dansby (Swanson) and Happer (Ian Happ) and some of these guys that come in every single day and do what they do best and then form their plan of attack rather than adjusting to who’s on the mound,” Ross stated Wednesday. “It creates the most consistency. That’s something he’s transitioning to as of late and that’s really going to help him.”
Suzuki’s offensive inconsistencies are emblematic of the staff’s collective woes to get on a chronic roll. At his finest, like throughout May when he posted a .319/.417/.560 slash line, he generally is a drive in the course of the order due to his plate self-discipline and talent to hit to all elements of the sphere. But when he has stretches as he did in June — .177/.247/.228 — Suzuki’s stoop generally is a dagger.
Suzuki doesn’t really feel he’s placing an excessive amount of strain on himself, however he additionally made clear he expects higher manufacturing. He hopes one thing clicked for him Tuesday, crediting how effectively he was capable of see the ball.
“I feel like I haven’t really played up to my expectations yet,” Suzuki stated. “So I can’t actually say that I’m enjoying actually dangerous, I’ve simply been actually inconsistent.
“I’m going to keep going and try really hard to stay consistent and keep on performing.”
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