Will the real Jason Heyward please stand up?

gtcway said:
As much as I can't stand the gnats and Harper, I don't think there's a gm out there who would pick Heyward over Harper at the moment.
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Due to hype probably not. But take the names off the jerseys and I bet you would get a different reaction.
 
gtcway said:
As much as I can't stand the gnats and Harper, I don't think there's a gm out there who would pick Heyward over Harper at the moment.
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You are probably right ... but, if Jason puts it together offensively (which I think he will) then there's not another player I'd take in baseball.
 
thewupk said:
This isn't the steroid era where defense is an afterthought. Run prevention is key for most teams. Harper isn't terrible but he's not a plus defender and he's average on the base paths. And Harper has shown to be pretty reckless and does stupid things on the field quiet often. Bottom like is Heyward brings more wins to his team more then Harper does.
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Except that he hasn't, at least this season.
 
thewupk said:
Due to hype probably not. But take the names off the jerseys and I bet you would get a different reaction.
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I'd take Harper over Heyward long term because he's younger. If I had to pick who's a better player now and in the immediate future I'd take Heyward.
 
Hawk said:
You are probably right ... but, if Jason puts it together offensively (which I think he will) then there's not another player I'd take in baseball.
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I agree, but it's frustrating that for the past couple years we've been waiting for him to be the player we all hope for but there's always something holding him back.
Yes, he's still young, but at some point soon be needs to show some consistency.
 
With his run of high average, Jason is almost back.

His BB rate is a touch low, his K rate is a touch high and his power is way down, but a hot week of walking and hitting a few doubles and homers and he could be back to being Jason. Of course I doubt it happens that quickly. I'm just glad that his climb back has started.
 
zitothebrave said:
With his run of high average, Jason is almost back.

His BB rate is a touch low, his K rate is a touch high and his power is way down, but a hot week of walking and hitting a few doubles and homers and he could be back to being Jason. Of course I doubt it happens that quickly. I'm just glad that his climb back has started.
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Yes, he's been coming out of it nicely. Surprised its not been a catalyst for the rest of the team which is dreadful.
 
stpeteirish said:
Yes, he's been coming out of it nicely. Surprised its not been a catalyst for the rest of the team which is dreadful.
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Well Freeman has pretty much slumped while Heyward started to hit better. Of course Justin is Mr April so now that's it's May he will start to slump too.
 
50PoundHead said:
I guess I'm more concerned about whether the real Slim Shady will please stand up.
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zitothebrave said:
With his run of high average, Jason is almost back.

His BB rate is a touch low, his K rate is a touch high and his power is way down, but a hot week of walking and hitting a few doubles and homers and he could be back to being Jason. Of course I doubt it happens that quickly. I'm just glad that his climb back has started.
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Yeah the walks are down a bit and the power is way down. But he's hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games to a line of 333/360/417 - 120 wrc+. The power will return soon enough. He had a power spike in ST so I suspect that will return within a couple of weeks.
 
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