I have to admit, I was relatively excited last July when I heard the news that Adam Duvall was coming to the Atlanta Braves. I didn’t know much about him at first, but once I looked at his numbers from previous seasons — the power he provided was very attractive.
64 home runs over two seasons (’16 and ’17) was some serious pop, and at the time, and the Braves were in need of it. The strikeout-rates and the poor batting average wasn’t much of a concern, as obviously it wasn’t planned for Duvall to be in an everyday role.