Ask Alex: Can Jason Heyward return to his rookie form?

We all have questions about the 2012 season and Alex Remington luckily has some answers. The Stew's resident stats guru will address some of the big ones as the year progresses. The Situation: Jason Heyward faced extraordinarily lofty expectations when he was named the Atlanta Braves' starting right fielder on Opening Day in 2010. But he met all of them, making the All-Star team just a few months into his major league career and finishing second to Buster Posey in the Rookie of the Year vote. That September, I noted the comparisons that had followed him as a 20-year-old African-American right fielder for the Braves, and saw that the numbers were in his favor: "Jason Heyward has been a better rookie than Henry Aaron was" was the title of the post. Unfortunately for Heyward, last year was an injury-riddled mess, as he made just 106 starts in right field. A season-long slump led to his being benched for a couple of weeks for an unheralded 27-year old rookie, Jose Cons...