Campbell said that his hands are a lot lower than they were last year. It should help him be quicker to pitches low and inside<\/a>. His swing also features less movement, helping him get to pitches more quickly.<\/p>\n\u201cIf we get this (the offense) back, we can find at-bats,\u201d Cora said earlier in camp.<\/p>\n
Campbell went 1-for-2 with an RBI single and an RBI sac fly in Boston\u2019s 18-3 victory over Northeastern at JetBlue Park on Friday.<\/p>\n
Cora said Campbell\u2019s at-bats looked good. <\/p>\n
\u201cSituational hitting, something that we\u2019ve been preaching,\u201d Cora said. \u201cHe did a good job hitting the ball in the air twice and cashing in.\u201d<\/p>\n
The defense is also very important. Campbell began last season as Boston\u2019s starting second baseman, but he struggled there with minus-16 defensive runs saved in 471 \u2154 innings.<\/p>\n
The Red Sox feel his athleticism plays best in the outfield. He started in center field against the Huskies.<\/p>\n
Campbell said the outfield work is going well and he can let his athleticism take over when he\u2019s out there. He said he feels like an outfielder.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially because I\u2019ve been working with the outfielders every day,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cSo that\u2019s my group that I\u2019m with every day. When I look at the depth chart and stuff, my name is with the outfielders. So I definitely feel like an outfielder, for sure. I think last year I felt like a utility (player) \u2014 like kind of a little bit of both (an infielder and outfielder).”<\/p>\n
Campbell said the swing adjustments feel good so far and he is much more comfortable this spring.<\/p>\n
\u201cI use an analogy all the time \u2014 like going into college from high school, you don\u2019t really know anyone around you going in and you gotta get used to people, coaches,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to do all at once sometimes. But it was the same thing last year, coming to the big league camp, not really being familiar with anybody. Just getting to know your teammates, getting to know the coaches and everybody all at once can be tough sometimes, especially since there\u2019s a lot of people.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are different in different ways,\u201d Campbell added. \u201cI\u2019m more on the quiet side, so it takes me a second to get used to people sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 Manager Alex Cora said Friday that Red Sox outfielder Kristian Campbell has appeared much…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[152,5,141,48,2542,4,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-584366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-american-league","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-bostonredsox","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-red-sox","15":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116107330703836165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}