Key Stats: Jason Heyward will break Hank Aaron’s record. In one season. Batting right-handed. The talk went something like that two years ago when Heyward, Stephen Strasburg, and Mike Stanton were all making a case to make their teams out of spring training. Only Heyward ultimately made it, and if the Braves had to do it over again perhaps they might have waited. The J-Hey Kid has fallen off quite a ways in two seasons from the prospect everyone thought he would be, but in no category has it been worse than batting average. He hit .316 and .323 as a minor leaguer in his 18 and 19-year-old seasons, but couldn’t get over .230 in limited last year.
Skeptics Say: Heyward had the 8th highest groudball rate in baseball last season a season after having the 7th highest groundball rate in baseball. The players that were higher are guys like Derek Jeter, Elvis Andrus, Michael Bourn, Ichiro, Cameron Maybin – great fantasy players by all means but not the guys that we would have thought Heywa...
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