Dodgers Notes: Justin Turner credits mental adjustment for fewer strikeouts

MIAMI – Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner famously revamped his swing several years ago, incorporating a high leg kick and injecting some lift into a grounder-friendly bat path. The change made Turner a full-time major leaguer, then a household name, then an All-Star.
Turner wasn’t focused on his strikeouts when he changed his swing. In his first season in Los Angeles, 2014, Turner struck out a career-high 18 percent of the time. By 2016 he had barely shaved a whisker off that rate