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Jason Heyward Out Who’s In?

  As Jeff reported this morning Jason Heyward had an emergency appendectomy yesterday in a Denver  hospital. With Heyward out of the lineup who’s in? While any surgery is not good news an appendectomy…Read More

2012 Review: Jason Heyward

In his short career, Jason Heyward has already been seen as the new face of the franchise and a stalled prospect.  Fortunately, he reverted back to a top-tier hitter, settling in the three-hole and giving…Read More

Jason Heyward, Batted Ball Profiles, and an Exciting Future

Hello guys and girls. Long time no see huh? Yeah it feels like it’s been forever since I have managed to write anything for the Take and it really makes me kind of sad. But, after settling into the college…Read More

Daily Notes (8/7): Ben Sheets, Phillies Dominance

Good morning guys and gals, isn’t it wonderful to wake up and look at this nifty box score? Yes, it is always wonderful to wake up to a win and even more wonderful when you are waking up to a win at…Read More

The Roller Coaster Career of Jason Heyward

Jason Heyward has been an enigma, to say the least, so far in his short career.  After dominating the minors, he posted one of the best rookie seasons ever, though it wasn’t good enough to win…Read More

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Justin Upton Isn’t Coming to the Atlanta Braves

Well I wasn’t really planning this post but I can’t really keep myself from writing it. The topic…Read More

The Best All-Around Outfields of All-Time

I was going through the WAR leaderboards on Fangraphs, looking to find the deserving starting candidates.…Read More

Jason Heyward, Stardom and Expectations

Hello from balmy Atlanta where yesterday I attended the Braves Hall of Fame induction of John Smoltz,…Read More

Is Jason Heyward the Superstar we all thought he would be?

I have tried to hold off on writing this piece for a while because it just seemed wrong to play debby…Read More

How Will The Braves Handle Their Contract Issues?

MLB Trade Rumors just completed their look into end of year contract issues and the Braves certainly…Read More

Jason Heyward’s Batted Ball Profile

The area of Jason Heyward’s game that needed the most work has always been his ground ball and fly…Read More

Braves Complete Sweep of Brewers, Improve to 5-4

Well the Braves pulled off  the sweep after a solid outing from Brandon Beachy and some offense on the…Read More

A Quick Look at Jason Heyward’s Batted Ball Profile

Yes it’s still early. I consider it early in the season until we have had a whole month of baseball.…Read More

Braves bring some momentum back to Atlanta; evidence for not looking deep into early stats

That was definitely the way the Braves wanted to end the series against Houston after botching (literally)…Read More

The Last Stretch Is A Grind

Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE Earlier today, our editor wrote how this was the best…Read More

The Braves Drafts Reviewed Part IV 2003-2007

If this is the first time you’ve seen this where have you been  . . So far I’ve looked at: The Braves…Read More

Spring Training is here

Finally. Baseball season is back. For the first time in what seems like ages we get to see some real…Read More

2012 Player Projections: Jason Heyward

  I saved the best for last of course; rookie sensation and sophomore… well he didn’t have…Read More

Greg Walker and Scott Fletcher already an improvement

The Braves abysmal offense last season should be attributed to two things more than anything else: Injuries Larry…Read More

Jason Heyward and GB%

I feel like I haven’t talked about Jason Heyward as much as I probably should have. I was constantly…Read More