Sports betting on the Atlanta Braves this season could be impacted by the play of rookie Jason Heyward. If you have not heard of Heyward, you will. He will be starting the season in right field for the Braves and he should make an immediate impact on online sports betting results.
Sports betting listed Heyward as the #1 prospect in all of baseball. He is only 20 years old but he has been so good that the Braves are putting him into the starting lineup to start the season. “How could we keep him off the team?” Braves manager Bobby Cox said, “He’s done everything this spring.” Going into Friday’s action he was hitting .366 with a home run and five RBIs. He had a .500 on-base percentage and .537 slugging average. “He’ll be in there every day,” Cox said, “With him, it doesn’t matter if a lefty or righty is pitching.”
The Braves could be a team to watch in sports betting this season and Heyward is one reason why. “It was time to make it official that Jason was on the team,” Braves general manager Frank Wren said. “Now he can just go out and play the last week of spring training without any more speculation.”
Last season Heyward was the minor league player of the year as he hit.323 with 17 home runs as he went from Class-A to Triple-A. He is expected to hit sixth in the lineup this online sports betting baseball season. The Braves could really use Heyward in the lineup considering they don’t have a lot of power. Chipper Jones did not have a good year in 2009 and needs to bounce back if the Braves are to be a contender this season. Brian McCann is an excellent catcher so they do have a player that can drive in runs. The problem for Atlanta is that Jones and Troy Glaus may not have much left. That is why Heyward is such a key player for them this season. Atlanta has a very good pitching staff so if they can find some offense they could challenge the Phillies in the National League East this year. The Braves are listed as the second choice behind the Phillies to win the NL East this year. Atlanta is 15-1 in sports betting baseball futures to win the World Series.
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