"I think it's just learning myself as a hitter," said Yelich, who credits hitting coaches Barry Bonds and Frank Menechino and Mattingly with helping him make a quantum leap in development. "Learning your strengths, what pitches you handle well. Learning other pitchers, what to look for in certain situations. That kind of comes with experience, and you've kind of got to go through it up here a couple times — fail in those situations, succeed and kind of learn what's going on.