Braves: Ozzie Albies close to becoming best second baseman in baseball

For all of the talk about Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies has a chance to become the best at his position.

Going into the 2019 season there were a lot of question marks surrounding Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies.

After a blazing start in 2018 in which he hit .318 with 20 home runs, a .834 OPS, and made the All-Start team, it looked like Ozzie was on his way to becoming a superstar.

But in the second half of 2018 he hit just .226 with a .624 OPS and hit just 4 home runs.

It was a disappointing end to what was looking like a breakout season for the youngster.

A lot of his issues came from the left side of the plate where Ozzie hit just .231 that season leading to people like myself writing articles on how the 22-year-old should consider just hitting from the right side.

As I wrote in that story, Ozzie is one of my least favorite Braves players to watch hit, and that still stands.

I hate his approach at the plate as he just goes up there hunting and doesn’t put a good at-bat together. It’s very frustrating to watch when he’s in a cold streak.

But when he’s guessing correctly, it’s hard to get him out and you can’t argue with the results.

In 2019 he proved that what happened at the end of 2018 isn’t him as he hit even better in the second half of 2019 and was solid all throughout the season.

And if that’s a trend that continues, we could be looking at the best second baseman in all of baseball for years to come.