Daily News | Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson explains why the scuffling Nick Castellanos is still batting third
There is no denying that Nick Castellanos isn’t hitting the ball very hard this season. As of Saturday, he ranks in the 32nd percentile in MLB in average exit velocity and in the 23rd percentile in hard-hit percentage . It’s not what you want from a player making $100 million over five years.
While the right fielder isn’t hitting the ball hard as often as he was in the past, he still hits it hard once or twice a game. And if keeps doing that, Thomson will keep him hitting high in the lineup. “He went through a stretch there where he was chasing and hitting a lot of balls off the end of the bat because he was getting out front,” Thomson said of Castellanos’ at-bats. “It looks like he’s staying back a little bit more now and using the field and using the barrel of his bat, so I’m hoping that this turns into a good run and he gets on a real streak here.”Right-handed reliever Sam Coonrod made his first outing of his rehab assignment Friday in Clearwater, Fla., and came out of it well.
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