Franklin is very impressive. Baseball America (Connor Glassey) wrote in 2009 that he was a part of history making in Sebring, Florida which is was MVP. This year, he broke a 49 year franchise Home run record and is the homerun king of the Midwest. Franklin quoted in a recent article ‘you don’t have to be big to hit homeruns’. FINALLY! A Natural baseball player not worrying about how big they should be.
What an accomplishment for a 19 year old. And to also be the first professional player to hit 20-20-20. Some recent articles were comparing his power to a history of 19 year olds, they came up with Prince Fielder.
He did a decent job in AA at the end of this year. He was batting .308 before the last playoff game at the Smokies home. Several Jaxx guys seemed to struggle. Traveling 1200 miles in four days might have something to do with that.
I like Players that make history and break records. That's what it's all about. Franklin's my rookie of the year.
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