Every mistake the Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig makes is magnified while his super-human plays are expected. Is Puig held to an unfair standard?
Puig took the American baseball world by absolute storm in June of 2013, and after injecting a brand of energy, fire, and excitement the league had maybe never before experienced, he has since been pretty much rejected on most fronts. It doesn’t matter how many ungodly throws he makes from the outer depths of right field to nail base runners or diving catches or towering home runs–Puig just can’t seem to win over MLB, the media, or fans.