Playing every day at Triple-A El Paso helped Padres' CJ Abrams get into a rhythm; a new bat didn't hurt
. The Padres third baseman was not put on the injured list Monday, but Abrams arrived at Petco Park with the expectation that he would continue to get the kind of reps he’d been receiving in the Pacific Coast League.with that everyday action, too, hitting .398/.442/.591 during a 19-game on-base streak and pairing seven homers and 10 steals with a .314/.364/.507 batting line during 30 games with the Chihuahuas.
Co-owner Kurt Gross introduced himself to CJ Abrams in the El Paso clubhouse, later got to talking bats with Chris Abrams and wound up collaborating with the father and son on a hockey-puck-style knob.Abrams collected five hits the first game he used the Powerbull-designed lumber, a 35-inch, 33.5-ounce, un-cupped bat in which the weight is distributed a bit more evenly because of the thicker knob.
“People forget that he’s hardly played in professional baseball,” Padres acting manager Ryan Flaherty said. “So when he first came up here, he had skipped and you really get to see a lot of things at that level that you aren’t exposed to in Double-A and levels lower than that. That may be breaking balls in counts you usually don’t see breaking balls and the advancement of pitchers.
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