PT TOMORROW: NL Central—Braun preparing for launch
Mar 12 2019
Evaluating spring stories detailing a player's swing change, revamped batting stance, or improved general fitness are always difficult. That difficulty is only amplified when dealing with a talented, aging, and oft-injured star. Ryan Braun (OF, MIL) fits all of those qualifiers—he’s entering his age 35 season, has spent significant time on the injured list across the last two seasons, and is a former MVP winner—and stories have surfaced this spring that he is working on changing his swing to improve his launch angle.
Despite nagging injuries and increasing age, Braun has maintained a PX between 124 and 136 in every season since 2014, backed up by xPX marks that dipped below 120 only once in that span. That is an...
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