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<\/p>\nLos Angeles Dodges left fielder Michael Conforto has struggled during his first season in a Dodgers uniform.<\/p>\n
The All-Star outfielder is hitting .190 this season with an OPS+ of 76, ranking 24 percent lower than league average. Especially with his $17 million salary this season, his lack of production is certainly troubling as the final stretch of the regular season is upon the Dodgers.<\/p>\n
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Manager\u00a0Dave Roberts, however, has remained steadfast in his belief in Conforto, and it seemed to pay off as he showed glimpses last month, batting .273 with an OPS of .827 in July.<\/p>\n
Conforto went 3-for-8 with a pair of RBIs this past weekend, helping the Dodgers sweep the San Diego Padres. He recently revealed a heart-to-heart he had with Roberts that may have helped turn things around.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the gist of it was just getting some more out of me, which is fair,\u201d Conforto said. \u201cI expect more out of myself. We talked through a lot of things, but that\u2019s the main thing. Just to fight for every inch in those situations.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cA lot of times, there\u2019ll be bases loaded situations that fall to that seven hole and great teams \u2014 playoff teams \u2014 they come through and score in those spots.\u201d<\/p>\n Roberts spoke on his talks with Conforto and how his outfielder continues to battle each day, slowly but surely seeing results.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say it\u2019s actually freeing in the sense of, you\u2019re not expecting to put up a certain OPS or this or that. You\u2019re just trying to help the team win,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cMy ask is to just be a better hitter, to fight, and to put together at-bats.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s pretty much in any player\u2019s control, versus trying to hit a certain number of homers, ribbies, this or that. I was hoping to free him up a little bit. It\u2019s good to see it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Similar to the slump that superstar\u00a0Mookie Betts appears to be making his way out of, the past doesn\u2019t matter nearly as much as what these two can do for the team at this point in the season.<\/p>\n As the regular season starts to wind down with October right around the corner, Conforto will need to play the best baseball he has as a member of the Dodgers and continue producing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Los Angeles Dodges left fielder Michael Conforto has struggled during his first season in a Dodgers uniform. The All-Star outfielder is hitting .190 this season with an… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n\n![\"Dodgers](\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230521810.jpg?quality=65&strip=all\")
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