Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez taking simplified approach to the plate

LOS ANGELES — Before Sunday, Kiké Hernandez went 12 days between drawing a walk. While no one ever bought a ticket to a baseball game hoping to see Hernandez draw a base on balls, a two-walk game against the Washington Nationals was an important development for the Dodgers’ struggling utility hitter.
No team was more patient in 2017 than the Dodgers, who drew a walk in 10.5 percent of their plate appearances. Few Dodgers were more patient than Hernandez, a disruptive baserunne