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White Sox hitting director Ryan Fuller talks offensive improvement, and the development that remains

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In his second season, White Sox hitting director Ryan Fuller expected the offense to be improved. He would not have promised the highest-scoring unit (4.74 runs per game entering Wednesday) in the American League, even when hitting coach Derek Shomon was foretelling top-10 production in spring “At the time, it was man, we’ve got a ton of talent, but it's going to be a lot of things coming together the right way to achieve that,” Fuller told the Sun-Times. Fuller refers to Shomon, assistant hitting coach Joel McKeithan and major league assistant Tony Medina as the “boots on the ground,” rallying Sox hitters through day-to-day challenges, and reinforcing larger initiatives. Broadly, the White Sox are scoring more this year because they are hitting for more power than anticipated. Colson Montgomery, Munetaka Murakami and Miguel Vargas all posting 30-homer campaigns lead an offense that is sixth in MLB in home runs, and looks primed to clear the 200-homer threshold for the first time since

First report: 1-on-1 with Chicago White Sox hitting coach Derek Shomon — cbsnews.com, 7d