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TORONTO \u2014 As Jo Adell continues to try to find his swing, he can at least take some comfort in the fact that his standard for a slow start has changed.<\/p>\n

Read more Angels catcher Logan O\u2019Hoppe optimistic about progress toward return<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year, Adell was hitting .194 with a .622 OPS on May 28. He didn\u2019t hit his third homer of the season until May 6.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to forget that slow start because of what happened next.<\/p>\n

Adell finished the season with 37 homers and a .778 OPS. That\u2019s why, even though he\u2019s starting better than he did last year \u2013 with four homers and a .649 OPS \u2013 there are questions about him.<\/p>\n

Adell, in the heart of his prime at 27, is not running from the loftier expectations he created for himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely something is a little off,\u201d Adell said. \u201cI\u2019m surviving in there, being able to put the ball in play and at least make some things happen and giving myself a chance. But definitely not feeling myself, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite what looks like a disappointing start, Adell is doing enough things well to keep his head above water.<\/p>\n

His .258 average is actually an improvement from last year\u2019s .236 mark or his career .220 average heading into the season. A part of that is because Adell has done a better job of making contact. His strikeout rate is down from 26% to 22%, which is just about the league average.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I wanted to be more of a complete player than just being about home runs,\u201d Adell said. \u201cThe home runs are going to be there. I know I have light-tower power. I\u2019m going to be able to hit the ball out anywhere. But just to be able to, when we need a base hit or we need someone to come through when we don\u2019t need the big swing, I want to be somebody who can take the bat and get something going. It\u2019s not always going to be the home run.\u201d<\/p>\n

While his improved ability to get the bat on the ball is helping in some ways, it\u2019s ironically hurting him in others. He\u2019s flicking balls into play that he should be taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m kind of in the middle,\u201d Adell said, \u201ctaking pitches that I should be hitting and then hitting the borderline pitches and putting them in play when I should be taking them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adell\u2019s walk rate is just 2%, down from last year\u2019s 6% and below the major league average of 10%.<\/p>\n

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One difference, Adell said, is that the league\u2019s pitchers are now firmly on to what he was doing last year.<\/p>\n

Adell got hot last season when he went to a more aggressive approach, especially early in the count. Adell hit 17 homers \u2013 almost half of his total \u2013 on the first pitch.<\/p>\n

Read more Blue Jays\u2019 Dylan Cease sends Angels\u2019 hitters back into a slump<\/a><\/p>\n

This year, Adell said pitchers are treating him differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year I was getting pitches this time of year that I haven\u2019t seen as much,\u201d Adell said. \u201cTheir game plan has changed. \u2026 A lot of backwards pitching. Offspeed early and fastballs later in the count at different parts of the zone. But that\u2019s as I figured, so nothing surprises me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adell has a solid team working behind him to try to get going again. He said he thinks Angels hitting coach Brady Anderson is \u201cawesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that you talk about in the box, he\u2019s felt it before,\u201d Adell said. \u201cYou\u2019re really able to spitball those kind of ideas and talk about what you\u2019re feeling and how to be better from those games where you might feel a little off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adell and Anderson worked together a couple years ago, when Anderson was a special guest instructor in Angels camp. He has also spent time over the past two years with Chili Davis, a longtime major league hitting coach and a former Angels slugger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still talk to Chili, just the mental kind of spitballing back and forth about feelings, using him as a resource,\u201d Adell said. \u201cHe\u2019s awesome. Obviously, he did it from both sides of the plate, so he gets it from every which way he could get it. Hundred precent like bouncing ideas off his head too.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that help, Adell seems confident that he knows what he needs to change.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely pulling off the ball a lot, hitting a lot of balls off the end of the bat,\u201d Adell said. \u201cThe balls I\u2019m putting in play are either not all the way squared up or they\u2019re in between, kind of like jam shots. I\u2019m not barreling the ball as well as I think I did at times last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

MLB\u2019s official stats define a \u201cbarrel\u201d as any ball hit 98 mph or harder with a launch angle of 26 to 30 degrees. Those are balls that have a batting average over .500 and often go over the fence.<\/p>\n

Last season, 17% of the balls that Adell put in play were barrels. This year, it\u2019s been 5%.<\/p>\n

That helps explain why, even though ground balls and bloopers are getting him enough singles to remain somewhat productive, he\u2019s had only six extra-base hits. His slugging percentage is .351, down from .485.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in survival mode right now,\u201d Adell said. \u201cJust got to continue to grind it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like he did last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s a marathon,\u201d Adell said. \u201cYou can\u2019t get caught up in the first month. You\u2019ve got to continue to go. I\u2019ve been able to battle in my at-bats and be a factor. Even though I\u2019m not feeling my best, it shows me what I can do when things aren\u2019t well. When they are there, then I\u2019ll be locked and loaded.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/h4>\n

Angels (LHP Reid Detmers, 1-2, 4.28 ERA) at Blue Jays (RHP Dylan Cease, 2-1, 3.05 ERA), Friday, 4:07 p.m. PT, ABTV, 830 AM<\/p>\n

Read more Angels\u2019 Josh Lowe still searching for something to shake slump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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