Manager: Danny Espinosa being 'too aggressive' at plate
Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa entered play Monday against the Marlins continuing to struggle at the plate. After batting .288 through April, Espinosa is batting just .127 with 33 strikeouts in 20 May games.
"What I see from Danny is he is a little too aggressive at this point," manager Matt Williams said, per MASNsports.com. "So he is swinging at some balls that are out of the zone. That is human nature, though, when it is not going good. He knows that he can hit the ball. He knows he has got power. He knows that on any given pitch, it can turn, but he has gotten a little bit too aggressive. So we are trying to zone him back in and get him back on the plate a little bit.
"He is working on making some adjustments at the plate. So those off-days he is getting are good works days for him to really do a lot of work with (hitting coach) Rick Schu in the cage."
