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Atlanta Braves: why signing Yasiel Puig doesn’t work

In truth, it is a bit surprising that a National League club hasn’t already snapped up Yasiel Puig to be their DH this Summer. Puig’s been a popular twitter topic among Atlanta Braves fans, too, but there’s a couple of reasons why the colorful former All-Star might not be the fit that everyone seems to think he ought to be.

Puig isn’t a bad hitter. After making a big splash upon arrival in LA in 2013 and 2014, he seems to have settled into a “norm” of having roughly a .270-.275 average with .