By Jon Weisman
A.J. Ellis dancing the can-can in a gray shirt on a catcher’s mask sidelined the Dodger catcher for a little more than two weeks, but now that he’s back, he is marching on to vintage A.J. Ellis form.
Going 2 for 2 with a walk in his first three at-bats of Monday’s Dodgers-Rockies game before grounding out, Ellis has now reached base in 20 of his past 38 plate appearances — with two doubles, six singles and 12 walks. In that stretch, he has struck out three times.
Ellis pushed his batting average above .200 for the first time since March 30, but more importantly, his on-base percentage was up to .408. Hitting with more power is the next piece of the puzzle.
oldbrooklynfan
Yes, Ellis’ OBP has always been very good. I think other Dodgers should try to follow his lead in that department by being more selective at the plate, if they can.
Ellis, like Ethier don’t seem to have that HR stroke. Ethier seemed to hit more homers in his earlier days but alas, it seems those days are gone.
Ellis may still become a HR hitter. We still have to wait and see.