Tigers Are Looking For More Action From Jackson

Jim Leyland knows one of the keys to Detroit's season is a leadoff hitter who struck out 181 times last season.

His second straight high strikeout year in a season during which his ability to get on base decreased is what made Austin Jackson so receptive to a change in his hitting technique.

Jackson was among the players reporting to camp early and impressed some of his teammates with a new, shorter swing, featuring a leg kick that was nearly gone.

"I see him getting more and more comfortable with what we're doing," said hitting coach Lloyd McClendon, who worked intensely with Jackson during a series of January sessions in Comerica Park's cages.

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