Nationals' Danny Espinosa back to switch hitting
Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa worked exclusively on hitting right-handed this spring but batted left-handed against a right-handed reliever Saturday against the Phillies, the Washington Post reports.
Espinosa was expected to hit exclusively from the right side this season but will still hit left-handed when he feels comfortable.
"It’s a mutual decision," manager Matt Williams said. "We want him to be free of mind when he gets out there. He hit a lot right-handed in spring, so he’s got experience doing that so if he gets a match-up that he feels comfortable with, righty-righty, he can do that."
Espinosa has struggled from the left side and still managed to work on his lefty hitting this spring despite only hitting righty during games.
"Just kind of in the cages a little bit just to maintain it a little bit because we weren’t 100 percent sure if it would work so it was something that we had to maintain a little bit, and that’s what I tried to do," Espinosa said.
Espinosa went 1 for 4 with a double in Saturday's season debut.
