"I think I've been on guard for that slump he might go through," Mackanin said. "He goes 2 for 40 and all of a sudden he starts changing his approach. But I think the reason for his success is he's changed his swing path so drastically that it's so short to the ball now. He has a tendency to get big at times. But his path to the ball is a lot shorter, which means there's no reason why he shouldn't continue to hit. "