Something happened when he returned from the IL on May 14th.
He had a really good opening series in Pensacola. It had me very excited and then, well, he really didn't do much of anything for the remainder of April (he went to the IL on 4/29 fwiw). When he returned, he was facing the following over his first 33 AB's through April 29th (very small sample size, but it tells you how he was trending):
0.161 BA/ 0.211 OBP/ 0.303 SLG/3 Runs/ 2 HR/ 6 RBI/ 4 BB/ 16 K's
Both HR's occurred in key spots in the above-mentioned Pensacola opening series. But, man, that was not a good start overall.
What a difference some time off can make! Since coming back he has been locked-in at the dish. He's just swinging free. He looks like a completely different player in the batters box. Let's look at his production in May til now: (near double the sample size):
0.328 BA/ 0.385 OBP/ 0.579 SLG/ 4 Doubles/ 4 HR's/18 RBI/6 BB/ 19 K's
That, my friend, is scorching hot. Man, I hope we see some form of this throughout the season.