Harrison batted .261, drew 31 walks and stole 32 bases in 50 games at the rookie ball level last year. He started slowly this season in Class A — he did have a two-homer night on April 22, but has been slumping since.
Harrison tweeted Thursday that his grandmother had passed away. Moments later, he stepped into the batting cage and attempted to focus on the intricacies of his swing. He’d be placed on the temporary inactive list Friday.
You can bet that whenever he rejoins the team, though, he’ll bring the same optimistic attitude that’s stabilized him through 2015.
“You just have to try not to do too much,” Harrison said. “When people force, that’s when they get off track. At the beginning of the year, I feel like that kind of happened. Now I’m starting to get back on cue.”
