born june american professional baseball baseman left fielder mlb feet inch tall weighs pounds growing missouri attended played college baseball economics achieved recognition athletic academic performance drafted phillies quickly progressed minor league system briefly second base predominantly sticking base left field positions minor league scouts regarded defensive ability sub optimal phillies called major leagues team starting baseman compare playing style particularly demeanor work ethic phillies teammate hitter better contact hitter power hitter defensively improved drawn accolades phillies manager early life born june missouri brother named tyler grew playing baseball started playing father brother yard age football quit playing football freshman year high school attended fort west high school missouri playing school baseball team batting average career batted senior season enrolled played college baseball junior year batting average home runs led runs batted rbis placed second conference named second team american nebraska economics maintained grade point average strong grades earned placement commissioner distinction bestowed student athletes achieve greater college professional career minor league career phillies drafted fourth round overall selection mlb draft phillies moved second base professional debut class short season new_york struggled posting batting average season moved base hit promoted batted combined stats levels season led phillies minor batting average hits efforts earned week selections august month selection phillies assigned season development played league star game led league doubles minor league talent espn derided prospect defensively noting likely power hitter questionable defender baseball america rated phillies seventh best prospect season season analyst wrote average body baseball player commented limited power potential solid contact hitter quick hands incredibly sound hitting mechanics terrible defender arm subsequently improved defensively played valley named team batting home runs rbis named player month july phillies promoted major leagues july writer found mildly surprising phillies called fellow base prospect thought far potential major_league career philadelphia_phillies non roster major league spring training phillies called extended look base position particularly comparison franco scouts compared particularly demeanor hoped emulate noting hope someday compared guy august went double home run rbis run home run right field fourth inning phillies run lead home run big league career september hit game winning run homer lead phillies place concluded season batting average home runs rbis major league level entering season writers thought earned starting baseman job writer espn noted earned starting spot success helped development team large explained year phillies went season looking weak free agent market realistic internal options phillies opted trade pan considering way played month plus phillies don worry base season better chance prove triple level entire season option phillies gone solution motivated phillies rush franco faster necessary manager called leading candidate job noting phillies baseman optimistic development noted left handed hitter lineup dominated featuring phillies ultimately demoted franco named opening day starter base began successfully opening day went plate hits bats scored runs double home run rbis month season struggled led frequent replacement lineup particularly left handed pitchers trio produced led suggestions media phillies promote franco hits bats including game tying grand slam game phillies ultimately lost extra innings struggled field committing total errors occurred inning angels scored runs series bounced reds game series went rbis extra base hits including run home run placed disabled list precaution strained left season progressed regular starter ultimately described season satisfactory room improvement called season encouraging disappointing time began season team hottest hitters lineup team starting baseman late april began working skills outfielder ostensibly preparation arrival minor league prospect regarded stronger defensive baseman fact phillies optioned triple accelerate development left fielder franco hitting minor leagues ready promotion surprised disappointed sought trust organization play needed ultimately struggled find playing time remainder season writer said given opportunity phillies like makeup burden produce results justify playing time given options positions player profile batting reached major leagues regarded having decent potential plate comparable baseman hit power minor leagues big league power expected adequate averaging home runs season baseball prospect nation reported gets pull happy sells power ultimately swings hard times like left handed hitters performed better right handed pitchers left handed pitchers hitting major leagues columnist summarized offensive potential writing certainly going world having double digit home run speed potential hitting range likely kind hitter use base fielding minor league prospect analysts derided defensive potential calling terrible progressively improved late commented defensive improvement tremendous progress reads balls reacting getting hop wants looks like worked glove play glove strong accurate arm true ball throws got lot seen lot improving developments saw mid february come long way playing style bench coach said reminds younger gets real mad misses ball wants play wants work hit got great attitude kind energy ball club writer concurred comparison calling similarities eerie writing solution failure ignore fatigue work harder improve costs objective necessarily hit home runs hit big sure beat ground ball late september sound familiar hitting coach phillies aaa affiliate noted solid including makeup work ethic garnering comparison said comparison wants player determination work ethic contributed fast ascent phillies minor league system recalled game fielding errors memorable game big league phillies personal life married presumably met college nebraska fan football ardent supporter routinely drives hours attend home football games speed violence hockey conversely like basketball offseason resides missouri barely miles birthplace missouri according biography include fishing completing puzzles interview said favorite television parks recreation favorite food chicken close family noted started playing baseball age experience playing yard father brother called major leagues noted emotions crazy trying hold tears seeing parents stands time tough playing little crazy start think phone got parents day called memorable
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