A," he said, "and just kind of the hand move, the way the barrel moves, it's more efficient for me that way than it is vertical."

“He’s been really dialed in, it seems like, from jump,” manager Aaron Boone said of Bellinger, who likely will be his Opening Day center fielder and the No. 3 hitter who provides Aaron Judge protection. Bellinger had an excellent spring in which he hit .400 with three home runs and a 1.124 OPS.