Non-roster invitee Ronald Guzmn, who is in Giants camp as a two-way player, made his pitching debut in the ninth, surrendering a solo shot to P.J. The Royals, Billy Butler, and Young Pitching. by Retrosheet. The chart below shows the varying WAR averages from above for Jason Heyward comps at age-26 through age-30, as well as 26-35. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Despite three home runs in his first five spring at-bats, thats not really part of his game. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors The team appears content to begin the season with Trayce Thompson as the starter. Perhaps rightfully so. by Retrosheet. The team is confident in Jason Heyward. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman. When signing long-term contracts, teams tend to pay them out equally over the length of the contract. Thompson revived his career in Los Angeles last summer, hitting 13 homers with a .901 OPS. Just to be clear, this isnt a matter of Heyward trading fly balls for line drives; his batted ball distribution, including his GB/FB rate, has stayed remarkably steady over the past three seasons, a period that includes his 2012 campaign in which he bashed a career-high 27 home runs. Heyward managed to nab nine bases in 11 tries last year, and Bill James projects hell have 14 SB in 2012. He has been a well above-average hitter in the majors at an age when most players are in a short-season league, A-Ball or college. Heyward was coming off a rookie season in which he popped 18 home runs and batted .277/.393/.456 at age 20, tying him with Ty Cobb for the 15th best OPS+ ever for a hitter who qualified for the batting title but couldnt legally buy a beer. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors The above comparison paints an incredibly optimistic and rosy view of Heywards future, but there is some evidence to suggest that phenoms like Heyward age better than the rest of the population. 1 day ago. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted That is a major boost for lefty pull hitters like Soto (who hit 38.1 percent of his balls in play to the right field side last season, per Fangraphs). When we know nothing else about Jason Heyward except the way he hits singles, doubles, triples, home runs and walks without regard for his offensive contributions on the basepaths or his defense, his comps would be worth $159 million. Hitters think about driving the ball in the air up the middle or to the pull side, and then when the contact isnt just right, a grounder gets yanked. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Gallo got the upper hand on the Red Sox in his second inning at-bat, drawing a walk to nullify Boston's shift. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors His BABIP this season is .256, while his expected BABIP sits around .315. Heyward went first to third on a single 15 of 32 times according to BIS, and that's not quite Trout-level (62%), but it was 15th-best of 180 qualified players. What follows is going to lean upon some spring-training data. BIS found more under-cover evidence of his speed: Heyward only grounded into five double plays in 145 GDP opportunities. UZRs range component agrees. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Even if Heyward were to hit for more power, that might be offset by a drop in singles, or by an increase in strikeouts. Depending how long Rodgers is out of the lineup and whether the Rockies want to let him continue his preparation into the early days of the regular season someone has to play second. Hes still really young To bring this all back: There are very early signs that Jason Heyward is focusing more on the pull half of the field. The Chicago Cubs already boasted one of the best young . Kiner-Falefa was a defensive whiz with 10 Defensive Runs saved in 2022, helping result in the lowest runs allowed per game in the Bronx since 1981. Consequently, his walk rate has dropped from 14.6 percent to 11.1 percent. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. At the very least, we should expect Heywards average over the rest of the season to climb considerably. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, In 2022, Heyward will earn a base salary of $22,000,000, with a total salary of $24,500,000. He went second to home on a single. The names brought up most recently with regard to Heyward are Jacoby Ellsbury, who got seven years and $153 million from the New York Yankees two years ago, and Carl Crawford, who received seven years and $142 million from the Boston Red Sox five years ago. Heyward and David Peralta, a pair of veteran left-handed hitters, could see time against right-handed pitchers. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. I was just saying the other day that there hasnt been a free agent whos so valuable in this particular waya combination of very good performance and youthsince A-Rod in 2000. Jason Heyward Reality Check | FanGraphs Membership Maybe you heard that some guy named Jason Heyward made the Atlanta Braves' Opening Day roster. With all this hype Im still trying to figure out why the Braves basically gave this guy away?? Sort the leaderboards for UBR or Ultimate BaseRunning, and Heyward floats to the top. by Handedness, Making Too Much of Too Little Jason Heyward, Effectively Wild Episode 852: 2016 Season Preview Series: Chicago Cubs, Evaluating the 2016 Prospects: St. Louis Cardinals, pulled ground balls have by far the lowest success rate of any balls in play. Every other player produced at an incredibly high level from age 26 to age 35, maintaining their hitting line from 26 to 35 that they had in their early 20s. This production is, quite frankly, incredible. Age is the decisive factor here. His average ranking is 7.5. Jason Heyward. Age plays a crucial rule in projecting a players long-term performance, and Heyward still has plenty of development time left before he reaches what are typically the peak years of a hitters career. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted For an awfully consistent hitter, Jason Heyward is considered an awfully frustrating hitter. The general concern around Heyward and defense is twofold. Jason Heyward isnt Mike Trout. Heaney added that, in the regular season, he probably wouldnt have thrown that pitch in that situation. The pre-season #1 prospect, whose legend grew with each car he dented while going deep in spring training, batted .277/.393/.456. by Retrosheet. But thats never safe against a hitter like Betts, who launched it deep over the left-center-field wall at Surprise Stadium. Alan Trejo will likely move into the second base spot with Brendan Rodgers on the IL. Matt Carpenter was the reverse. Birthdate: 8/9/1989 (33 y, 6 m, 21 d) Drafted: 2007 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 14, Overall: 14, Team: Atlanta Braves by Handedness, 2007 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 14, Overall: 14, Team: Atlanta Braves. At an age when most players are chasing a trip to Omaha or cutting their teeth in Low Class-A, Jason Heyward crushed major league pitching in 2010. These comparable players here are not quite as accomplished as those from the WAR group above, which is to be expected given defense is not taken into account. The Dodgers announced Thursday that they've signed free-agent outfielder Jason Heyward to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. Out of 11 players, only Jim Fregosis production would not have justified a $200 million contract. Adding in 23 steals on 26 attempts and the rest of his baserunning, Heywards 22 runs above average on offense placed him within the top quarter of qualified hitters. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. sent RF Jason Heyward on a rehab assignment to Gwinnett Braves. Cavan Biggio will play half his games in the outfield. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. To me, that looks light, and as a huge Heyward fan I am doing my best in putting that out there without bias. Throw caution to the wind, even. Kiner-Falefa had a slash line of .261/.314/.327 . All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Historically, Heyward has hit about 30% of his flies and liners toward left. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Players are always free to change their minds about anything. The hard contact, however, is further reinforcement that some offseason swing changes are paying dividends. Jason Heyward LAD OF L Born: 08/09/1989 Age: 33 FanGraphs Player Page Auctions are not allowed at this time On MLB 40-man: NO Acquired: Free Agent (CHC) Dec'22 Positions OF Overall Last 10 All. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity. Hes forever been a work in progress, so maybe hed change his focus on a whim. When Ellsbury was Heywards age, he had just completed his second full season. What follows is an attempt to find similar players to Heyward using various methods: WAR, offense, defense, and a hybrid of offense and defense. Contracts matter Miller is entering his first year of arbitration while Heyward is now a FA. It was a true comfort level, not rattled at all. Crawford is WAY ahead of simba according to pretty much every defensive metric this year. Andy Pages emerging, however, could free Taylor up for the infield (we'll talk about him more in a bit). Roberts described Jason Heyward, the former Cub who came to Dodgers camp as a non-roster invite, as more than adequate in the field at center. But as far as I believe, batted-ball distributions arent as noisy as, say, BABIP. Dont look at me. Reported as the pre-2023 season number of waiver options remaining. Bill James: .269/.374/.457, 21 HR His 2012 projections are strong Similarly, if you focus on Heywards triple crown numbers .269 with 27 home runs and 82 RBI youd be missing all that extra value he added in other facets of the game. With an injury (and a team deflation) taking some of the wind out of Stantons sails, and Buster Posey blowing up the National League Most Valuable Player debate, the new toys got a lot more attention than the old new ones. I think thats in the ballpark. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Manager Dave Roberts indicated Taylor would spend 20 to 25 percent of the games there, in addition to his usual work in the outfield. Looking at the numbers from 26 to 30 in each group, it is understandable why Heywards agents would seek an opt-out clause within the first five years. Jeff Zimmerman found that speedy players, like Heyward, age better than the rest of the baseball population. Heyward went first to third on a single 15 of 32 times according to BIS, and thats not quite Trout-level (62%), but it was 15th-best of 180 qualified players. Eno, how do you have the nerve to put up a Jason Heyward article before an article about Chone Figgins release? The grounders are just about all pulled. Since the end of World War II, there are 42 players to have produced more than Heywards 61.9 defensive runs above average through age-25, and there are 61 players responsible for more offensive runs above average than Heywards 94.5 through his age-25 season. While the $330 million figure is likely the one that jumps out, I would direct your attention to the smallest number: $159 million. Craig Edwards can be found on twitter @craigjedwards. Service Time : Reported as the pre-2022 value. Miguel Rojas will replace Lux at shortstop. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors As teams expect to get the best production at the beginning of the contract, they understand that a contract will likely underpay the player in the early years and potentially overpay him as he ages with the surplus from the beginning ideally canceling out the loss at the end. Jason Heyward Positions: Rightfielder, Centerfielder and Leftfielder Bats: Left Throws: Left 6-5 , 240lb (196cm, 108kg) Born: August 9, 1989 (Age: 33-206d) in Ridgewood, NJ us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info 1x All-Star 2016 World Series 5x Gold Glove Wilson Overall Def Player 22 22 22 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. And its easy to identify the problem: Observers wish that Heyward would hit for more power. Roberts described Jason Heyward, the former Cub who came to Dodgers camp as a non-roster invite, as "more than adequate" in the field at center. If we pretend we know nothing about Heywards defense, we can come up with a set of comps based solely on his hitting, even removing his value on the basepaths. If you took Jason Heyward in your draft this year you almost certainly spent a pretty penny on him. Dodgers Add Jason Heyward LA signs five-time Gold Glover to a minor league deal with an invite to major league camp via Bleacher Report Jason Heyward Cubs Moving On from Heyward Team. Are the extra outside swings, pop ups and grounders the result of his shoulder ailment, or normal growing pains for a player who wont turn 22 until August? Quite obviously, Im lukewarm on Heyward, and his upside might merit a few dollars more, but Id need to see him take a step forward before I start paying for him as a frontline fantasy cornerstone. The former Yankees and Rangers first baseman topped out at 97 mph from the left side and struck out the first batter he faced swinging on an offspeed pitch. Just a couple years ago, it was Jason Heyward and Giancarlo Stanton that were tearing up baseball, looking like an unprecedented pair of rookie talents ready to continue on into the stratosphere together. Gavin Lux is likely . I used ten-year figures in this analysis, but moving to an eight- or nine-year contract would not significantly change the values, as the bulk of all production is recorded in the early part of the contract. The Fans: .279/.378/.468, 21 HR. Unfortunately, for studying purposes anyway, there simply are not enough of those types of players to look at. The fact that he gets value from non-traditional means is also not a brain buster. How many hitters (much less 21-year-old hitters) could manage a league-average batting line in the majors while injured and watching so many balls put in play gravitate toward gloves? 2023 Updated In-Season Projections Heyward did it all offensively as a rookie: he showed superb plate discipline (a 14.6% walk rate), hit for power (a .179 Isolated Power) and didnt punch out at an exorbitant rate (20.5 K%). That has something to do with the Angels deciding to play Trout in the corner outfield from time to time, but it also has a lot to do with Heyward having great range for a corner outfielder. It doesnt matter that Heyward has still been productive; he looks like he should be a beast of a hitter, so its odd to see him hit singles and doubles. My favorite minor story line this season is that the Cubs are paying about $40 million to replace Heyward with Bellinger, and the Dodgers are paying about $0 to replace Bellinger with Heyward. Heyward might not be a burner, but he has posted average-ish Speed Scores so far and has rated as an above-average base runner overall. ESPN, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline . All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. fangraphs.com 1d. by Handedness, Trying to Put a Value on Jason Heyward in Free Agency, Effectively Wild Episode 761: An Offseason Friday Gallimaufry, The Best of FanGraphs: November 2-6, 2015. Meanwhile, the team is likely stuck with big contracts for the likes of B.J. Drafted: 2007 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 14, Overall: 14, Team: Atlanta Braves. He will split time with utility player Chris Taylor, who started at shortstop against Texas on Wednesday. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Its impossible for anyone outside of the Braves training room and front office to assess Heywards health. First, there are questions as to whether Heyward is actually worth as much as the defensive metrics say he is. Follow/harass him on Twitter @Karl_de_Vries. These were the players remaining. Using FanGraphs approximate current cost of a win at $8 million, the numbers are even bigger. Theres very little fly-ball action in left field. A year ago, Jason Heyward was a fantasy baseball stud muffin. . FanGraphs Mugs. Heyward, a .211-hitter in 2021 and 2022, made significant swing changes over the winter. Castellanos hit just .263/.305/.389 for a 94 wRC+ (matching his career-worst mark . With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Up for debate is precisely how good Jason Heyward has been during his career, and more importantly for whichever teams signs him this winter, how good Heyward will be moving forward. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Jason Heyward graphs for Major League baseball. Historically, Heyward has pulled just over half his grounders. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. by Handedness. The team is confident in . All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. A year ago, Jason Heyward was a fantasy baseball stud muffin. As in the case of the first table, we again see some of the greatest baseball players. The next group of comps considers only offensive production. Instead, Heyward will step into the box for his first post-All-Star at-bat with a .226/.315/.404 triple-slash. And he continued to hit far too many ground balls (nearly 54 percent of the time he put it in play), limiting his power output (.162 ISO). Now, increasingly deprived of opportunities to pull pitches, Heyward in recent years has been going the other way more often, and 2014 saw more than 19% of his plate appearances end with him hitting the ball to the opposite field, a new career high, and a credible explanation for the plunge in distance and home runs. Heyward has been an above average offensive player, incredible on defense, and heading into free agency a few months after turning 26 years old, provides few realistic players for comparison. If thats something hes really doing, its probably because hes trying to up his power output. Injuries happen and players decline unexpectedly. The other groups, with players similar to some aspect of Heywards game, but inferior in other ways, make Heyward a high-quality player, one perhaps worthy of a $200 million contract, but not a Hall of Famer. FanGraphs Membership. But the power was largely absent. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors After a 27 homer and 21 steal campaign and the fact that After a 27 homer and 21 steal campaign and the fact that Justin Upton was acquired to hit directly The WAR group, which constitutes the group most closely approximating the quality of the player Jason Heyward is currently, puts Heyward on a Hall of Fame track. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Lacking in top shelf power, Heyward still provided solid numbers on offense, and after a disappointing start with he Cardinals, he hit .306/.375/.455 with a wRC+ of 130 from the beginning of May to the end of the season. I was like, I really just want to see a strike, Heaney said. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. . Donate to FanGraphs. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. by Retrosheet. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. "I've talked . He was 97-98 [mph], but I dont think that was the most interesting part of the outing. The chart below shows the varying WAR averages from above for Jason Heyward comps at age-26 through age-30, as well as 26-35. Additionally, Heyward had no say in November 2014, when his hometown Atlanta Braves, the club for whom he had foregone a full-ride scholarship to UCLA, traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals. Heyward will get paid. He has slugged eight homers in 599 plate appearances as a big leaguer. by Handedness, 2007 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 14, Overall: 14, Team: Atlanta Braves. A recent graduate of Duquesne University, David Golebiewski is a contributing writer for Fangraphs, The Pittsburgh Sports Report and Baseball Analytics. In the *other* MVP debate, Miguel Cabrera represented, perhaps, a belief in the older-school stats, those three fetishized numbers that have been in the newspapers since the games inception. Biggio knows right field well. From 26 to 35, the group got better offensively and the only player who completely busted was Carey Patterson. De Paula hit .350/.448/.522 with 13 doubles, five home runs, and two triples in 53 games in the Dominican Summer League in his professional debut, and the power was intriguing enough that FanGraphs wasn't alone on an island. Chicago Cubs. The coaches that were working with me were trying to get me to throw a sinker because sometimes my fastball sinks, Oviedo said. The numbers may seem outrageous, but MLB revenues have been rising at very high rates, and there is so rarely a player of Heywards caliber and age that the market will likely have a difficult time finding a consensus. Its where most hitters are strongest, and when Heyward had his powerful 2012, he hit just three of his homers the other way. Prior to the . by Retrosheet. Jason Hayward signed an 8-year/$184,000,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, which includes a $20,000,000 signing bonus, $184,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $23,000,000. The Chicago Cubs outfielder hit a third of batted balls in play in the air in 2016, but saw his slugging percentage dip to a career-low (.325) due to his exit velocity . Just how healthy is Heyward? Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. The games, as you well know, havent mattered yet. All this before you look at his 11 home runs, easily a career low, less than the 14 he put up in two separate seasons when he averaged just 448 plate appearances. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Ellsbury, now 32, has been worth 21 wins since turning 26 while Crawford, 34, has been worth 22 wins over the last eight seasons. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated (2012-2018). We're asking for your help to make it. They were like, Why are you not throwing it with a [sinker] grip and try to get used to it and learn how to throw it?. . He went second to home on a single 82% of the time, which was 16th-best among 131 players. The group also has five players at the top who were tremendous successes. Lets focus on Heyward and power for a minute, then. Now, they are tasked with turning things around this year, in what should be a competitive National League once again. According to FanGraphs, the 26-year-old was worth 6.0 fWAR (FanGraphs' Wins Above Replacement) in '15the sixth most WAR among outfielders. Averaging out to a league average player for a total of ten years is a decent feat. Crossword; Sudoku; Crossword; Sudoku _____ About Us Solid production, that, despite some disappointing seasons mixed in. His arm isnt great BIS had him costing the Braves three runs in that manner but his range was so impressive that he offered center-field like defense even once he was penalized for playing in the corner outfield. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors by Handedness, Whos Been (Un)luckyThe Starting Pitchers. . Currently, Yahoo! With a bad shoulder and back luck, he still held his own in 2011 All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, This is how it usually works with increases in pulled grounders: Its a consequence of taking a more power-centric approach. A recent graduate of Duquesne University, David Golebiewski is a contributing writer for Fangraphs, The Pittsburgh Sports Report and Baseball Analytics. Jason Heyward LAD OF L Born: 08/09/1989 Age: 33 FanGraphs Player Page Auctions are not allowed at this time On MLB 40-man: NO Acquired: Free Agent (CHC) Dec'22 Positions OF Overall Last 10. Limiting Heyward comps solely to free agents leaves little by way of realistic comparison. Looking at the numbers from 26 to 30 in each group, it is. The first graph is conservative, beginning the estimation of a cost of a win at $7 million with inflation set at five percent per year (although salaries have been rising at a rate greater than that amount in recent seasons and are up about 50% from half a dozen seasons ago). Again, the talent is too much to ignore, and the increased contact and stolen bases are encouraging signs for a guy who still has at least a season or two to go before truly entering what should be the peak years of his career. Jason Heyward pitch% heatmaps. Others call it a slurve or even a whirlybird. Whether he finds a home with Cleveland certainly wont depend on whether Quinn can maintain his power output. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Now, Heyward has an extended history of making various adjustments underneath, he hasnt been that static. Heyward remains a tempting upside guy on draft day, but its hard to bid on him too far beyond the price tag of a No. Heyward is not Trout-level amazing, but he has been incredibly productive through his age-25 season. Its really impressive to see a guy go out there and throw a ton of strikes and throw strikes with his offspeed pitches. He made his MLB debut that night against the Washington Nationals as a replacement for Jason Heyward, going hitless in 3 at-bats. Thats why I want to make sure you understand Im not really concluding anything. 2023 Pre-Season Projections Check out the company Heyward kept among under-21 hitters qualifying for the batting title: If youre keeping score at home, there are 13 Hall of Famers and two future first-ballot Hall of Famers on that list of 22 names. News; Wikipedia: . This group also aged incredibly well. Thats been fairly consistent. Gotta elevate if youre going to be pull-focused. Regarding the second concern, I attempted to isolate only very good fielding outfielders. Heywards infield hit rate is three percent, which is in the same range as David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero and Billy Butler, guys whose times to first base are measured with sun dials instead of stop watches. And then well see if he wants to stay on the same course. Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. With Taylor refocusing on the infield, Roberts suggested he would be less likely to fill the void at center field. But even so, it seems like he has endured some bad luck on balls put in play. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Reported as the pre-2023 season number of waiver options remaining. Last season, Oviedos fastball had five fewer inches of rise or more sink than four-seam fastballs at similar velocities. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. From 2010-2015, his 25 WAR was one of the top 20 marks in the game and in his final two seasons before free agency, his 10. With better luck, health and a little more development, Heyward could be a monster in 2012. Heyward improved slightly in the years to come but still struggled to get back to the form he showed prior to coming to Chicago. by Retrosheet. Whatever the name, it might become a problem for them. Games. Notes: PitchCom, Jason Heyward, cold weather Dodgers pitchers are hesitant to use the PitchCom device to call their own pitches. Heywards production, meanwhile, has been excellent from an early age, similar to multiple Hall of Famers. Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or . All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Im a little stubborn in that way. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. It may sound strange, but in a way Heywards 2011 season is actually a testament to his supreme ability. It happens. He hit 27 home runs in 2012, but recorded just 13 of them this year along with an isolated slugging percentage of .146, essentially league average. by Retrosheet. Upton, Chris Johnson and Andrelton Simmons, and its worth noting that Justin Upton and Heyward too, for that matter will be a free agent after next year, leaving open the possibility that the Braves could move him if the team decides to rebuild. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions.
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