Mookie Betts says he hasn’t been the same since fracturing his left hand last June, pointing to that injury and its two-month recovery process for his current batting issues.

“I wasn’t blaming it on my hand or anything,” he said. “I was just saying since coming back, I haven’t done anything. It’s not just this season.”

Despite that apparent correlation, Betts isn’t quite sure what’s wrong, writes Dylan Hernández at the Los Angeles Times. Betts’ grip strength is fine—better than last year’s, actually—and there doesn’t appear to be anything physically wrong with him.

So Betts is doubling down on what he does best: working hard, and keeping his head on straight.

“I hit for three or four hours a day,” he said. “At some point, your body breaks down, but I’d rather break down than not give t

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