Gomez now raking for Rangers

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In five weeks with the Rangers, Gomez has seven homers and 21 RBIs in 106 at-bats.

The change started with hitting coaches Anthony Iapoce and Justin Mashore.

They made mechanical changes in Gomez’s swing that give him a firmer back side and allow him to use his hands. That allows Gomez to be on time for more pitches.

In the past, he was late on many pitches and tried to catch up with big swings that usually ended with flailing misses and the batting helmet flying off his head.

Iapoce and Mashore also have Gomez thinking more like a hitter than a slugger. He is batting .366 in his last 41 at-bats.

“You’ve got to hit before you slug,” Banister said. “He’s allowing himself a better chance to hit. With that, the confidence grows. ... We’ve seen him get to some balls that the big boys hit a long ways, and he’s done that.

“He’s in a pretty good place now. We like what we see.”

Gomez said the Rangers have repaired his damaged confidence with constant encouragement. His only regret is that it took so long to get into this situation.

“I cannot imagine what I can do in 162 games with what I have now,” Gomez said.

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This was written before last night where he went 3/4 w/a single, double, 3 run HR (that put the Rangers up in the 8th) and a walk.

In 31 games and 110 AB for the Rangers he is hitting .291 w/8 HR, 24 RBI, 13 BB, 32 SO .371 OBP, .564 SLG, and .935 OPS.

This year in 85 games and 295 AB w/the Astros he hit .210 w/5 HR, 29 RBI, 21 BB, 100 SO, .272 OBP, .322 SLG, and .594 OPS.