During the 2014 offseason, the Atlanta Braves traded away homegrown phenom Jason Heyward to the St. Louis Cardinals. A couple of weeks later, the team added veteran Oriole Nick Markakis to a four-year deal.
It was over two years ago that my good friend Josh Brown wrote an opinion piece here at Tomahawk Take, explaining why Nick Markakis was a better baseball player than Jason Heyward. The backlash continues to be something of Twitter legend in #BravesFam circles.
What’s even more plain to see after four seasons of comparison, however, is that it turns out Josh was right.