Dustin Ackley Slowly Heating Up

Posted May 20, 2010
Dustin Ackley is coming around with the bat. With some of that adjustment period out of the way and a few subtle mechanical tweaks to his feet, he's hitting .279/.426/.419 with 5 multi-hit games and 4 extra base hits (including his first homer of the year) so far in May. It's not quite the .300/.400/.500 dreams fans were having at draft time but it's progress. Defensively, the incoming scouting reports continue to be positive. (Lookout Landing)

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