In 2015 Maikel Franco gave us hope that the Phillies already had a key piece of their future world dominant offense. But so far in 2016 Maikel Franco looks more like a placeholder than a prospect. What has changed? What should we look for as Franco works through his first prolonged slump in the Majors?
(Ed. Note: This was written after the first game of this Tigers series. It does not include events in the last two games. All peripheral data taken from Brooks Baseball and Texas Leaguers. GIFs thanks to LONG_DRIVE.)
Maikel Franco has just had consecutive multi-hit games, the second even better than the first.