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Real or Not? Ozzie Albies, Gleyber Torres are already legit stars

The Braves beat the Phillies 3-1 and all Ozzie Albies did was go 2-for-4, homer, walk and score all three runs. The home run came in the third inning off a first-pitch curveball from Vince Velasquez:

Analysis: @albiesozzie97 is really good at baseball.#ChopOn pic.twitter.com/587ZVpH8IR

That's 14 home runs for Albies, ending a six-game homerless streak. Albies is now hitting .395 and slugging .791 in 43 at-bats when he puts the first pitch in play. Pitchers may want to re-consider their approach against him since he leads the majors in first pitches in play (seven more than anybody else and only 10 guys have at least 30 in play).