re: Zach Mathis signed with padres

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Similar to papierski when he stopped trying to switch hit he started hitting

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Pap struggled until Manieri allowed him to go back to switch hitting.

Manieri has a history of allowing his players to attempt playing both ways.

Chad Jones, Austin Bain and even Cabrera pitched some his freshman year. Storz was expected to bat some but with his injuries the staff wanted him to focus on getting healthy.

He’s not unwilling to let players play both ways we just haven’t had many guys capable of it