Granderson To Wear Contacts This Year

From Mark Feinsand:

Curtis Granderson's struggles against lefthanders last year have been well-documented, as have his late-season problems with judging fly balls.

Granderson won't assign blame for either issue to his eyesight, but after being diagnosed with 20/30 vision following his trade to the Yankees this winter, the outfielder is wearing contact lenses for the first time in his career.

"They said, 'Your vision is 20/30, so let's see if we can improve it,'" Granderson told the Daily News. "For most people, they'd let it go, but since we can possibly make me see better to hit, who knows. We'll see."

Granderson began wearing the lenses this winter, although he said it was hard to tell whether they would help his game yet.

"I've been wearing them for a while, just seeing what could possibly happen with that whole thing," Granderson said. "I'll just kind of get used to them, see what's going on. Worst-case scenario, I'll just take them off."

Whatever can help him improve those two areas of his game the better it is for the Yanks, so do what you gotta do, Curtis.