The most hyped player in the past decade is already living up to his expectations. The Braves' 20-year-old outfielder is responding to the high regards including manager Bobby Cox dubbing him a sure thing Hall of Famer and baseball legend Hank Aaron saying he will be the face of African American baseball. Some criticized the Braves' management for placing Heyward on the opening day roster, as many thought he could use some development in the minors. However, right from the start it was clear that this kid was special.
First at bat, and Heyward comes through with a home run. There is no possible way to start a career better.
A week later, after a few decent performances, some began to doubt that this kid's game was mature enough for the majors. It was time for Jason to prove them wrong again.
Heyward comes up with a 2-out, 2-strike single in which he represented the final out, but instead drove in the winning runs.
In case anyone missed that clutch performance, Heyward decided to come through yet again in his first month in the bigs, when on 4/20 against the Phillies, Heyward homered with 2 outs to tie the game at 3, a game which the Braves would later win in the 10th.
To sum it all up, Jason Heyward is going to be a household name by the end of the season. With 4 homers and 16 RBIs after only 13 Major League games, Heyward is a clutch player who will be the face of the Braves franchise for many years to come.
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ReplyDeleteDidn't see Heyward yesterday but you're right, he's ready for the big leagues. His AVG, OBP, SLG, wOBP, etc. have been consistantly impressive for the past year or so. Putting him on the roster and letting him settle into a permanent spot in the bigs will probably increase those numbers a lil bit, which would be huge. If he could, say, hit at .300 for the season with a wOBP of like .450 nobody will doubt the kid's time has come.
With that said, I hate to see when young players, in baseball or any sport, get hyped up so big that they start to get these ridiculous titles put on them and start getting compared to legends. I mean, having Hank Aaron say anything about you is pretty bad ass but when you're only 13 games into your career in the majors and THE historic face of African American baseball calls you the NEXT face of African American baseball... that's rough. It's kind of like how people were saying Stephen Strasburg is going to be the next Nolan Ryan during spring training. Statements like that are just ridiculous and really do no good at all. The only thing that can come out of statements like those is a lot of unneeded stress and expectations. I'm not even going to mention how stupid it was for the Brave's GM to say that Heyward is a definate Hall of Fame lock... except to say that it was a really, really stupid thing for a GM to say about his brand new, 20 yo phenom.
Heyward's going to have an amazing career in the majors. Its just that I wouldn't be surprised if most of that career was with a team other than the Braves.
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Thank you Mr. Schuler for your kind words. Heyward is the man and if he doesn't remain a Brave, I hope he ends up a Met
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