CHICAGO -- Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu's voice isn't any louder. But, man, has his bat been speaking up.
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LeMahieu, who in a well-chronicled story was traded to the Rockies by the Cubs by then-new president of baseball operations Theo Epstein before the 2012 season, has a reputation for being quiet. He's won a batting title, two Gold Glove Awards, two Defensive Player of the Year Awards (one for his position, another for the club) and appeared in two All-Star Games -- somehow doing it all quietly, partly because he has no self-promotion streak.