Benintendi at his best when hitting to all fields

It was near the end of April, with Andrew Benintendi’s batting average hovering barely above .200, that Red Sox hitting coach Tim Hyers and assistant Andy Barkett shepherded the young phenom into the Fenway Park video room. They showed him examples of pitches he should be hitting. They showed him the types of offerings he should be avoiding. They encouraged him to stop trying to blast everything over the fence.