Lamb was an All-Star with the Diamondbacks in 2017, before a shoulder injury took a toll. The 31-year-old left-handed hitter has looked good in Cactus League play.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — There is a clear line of demarcation in Jake Lamb’s career.
Since returning from that surgery, Lamb has been a .193 hitter with a .667 OPS and 16 home runs over three seasons. No longer an every-day player, he bounced from the Diamondbacks to the Oakland A’s to the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox to the Toronto Blue Jays. He has been released three times in the past two years before signing a minor-league contract with the Dodgers shortly after the lockout ended.“A hundred percent,” he said emphatically to that.
The 31-year-old Lamb says he knows now that his path cannot take him back to 2017. He acknowledges that it was a big mental step when he realized that. He has shown it this spring – probably enough to win a spot on the Dodgers’ bench to start the season. He has gone 8 for 19 in his first eight Cactus League games, leading the Dodgers in hits this spring and driving the ball for two doubles and two home runs. He has also played right field – something the pre-shoulder surgery Lamb was never asked to do.
Lamb believes that, too. He signed with the Dodgers because “to be completely honest, I didn’t have a whole lot of other options – that’s just me being real.” But he came to camp feeling he has “so much left in the tank.”
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