James Outman was a development project with a 'caveman' swing when the Dodgers drafted him. Three years later, no one is surprised by his big league rise.
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“I don’t think any moment is gonna be too big for him,” Roberts said, with Outman carrying a .348 batting average, .516 on-base-percentage and nine RBIs into Sunday’s action. “There’s just certain guys that special things are bound to happen.” “He was sitting there, literally locked in eye on eye,” Kunis said. “It was almost uncomfortable. Like, this guy is really paying attention. This guy is locked in. This guy cares about what I’m saying.”
A two-sport athlete at powerhouse Junípero Serra High in San Mateo, Outman originally felt most at home on the gridiron. Physically, though, years of taking hits and making tackles made his body rigid and stiff, leaving his more fluid athleticism largely untapped.“His body was so tight from football,” Wallenbrock said. “So it was more a question of getting in the training room and loosening up.”
Outman embarked on the “total swing rebuild” with a piecemeal approach, perfecting one new aspect of his mechanics before moving to the next. The biggest turning point in Outman’s path came amid the most unexpected of circumstances, when he was stuck at home in the Bay Area following the pandemic-promptedWithout an affiliate to play for, or an invitation to the Dodgers’ alternate site camp, Outman looked for alternative ways to continue his development.
Last year, he excelled both in triple A, posting a 1.018 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, and during his brief MLB debut, an impressive four-game stint with a“You see the changes happen,” Outman said, “and I was like, ‘Wow. All that stuff wasn’t for no reason.’ ” To Wallenbrock, it all was a reflection of Outman’s football background. Because his athletic career wasn’t built on a baseball-only foundation, he wasn’t conditioned to flatly accept the failure the sport inevitably brings.
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