ANAHEIM — It took Jo Adell eight years to get back to where he started.

Adell is completing a breakthrough season, one in which he entered the final three games with 37 home runs, 97 RBIs and a .786 OPS. Among a handful of adjustments that Adell made to get to this point, one of the most visible is what he does in the batter’s box with his front foot.

Over the past two seasons, Adell has gone from a leg kick to a toe tap to what he settled on this year, which was something in between. A leg lift, he called it .

“I have my high school swing back,” Adell said on Friday. “It’s obviously a much better swing, but the comfort aspect and trusting that, if I’m 0 for 4 or 4 for 4, the same move will work.”

Adell made the last change before the series starting on May 26, and he has hit 31 ho

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