The youth movement in baseball has spread to the MLB All-Star Game which boasts up-and-comers Kris Bryant, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper.
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It took Joe Maddon half a year, but the Chicago manager finally moved rightfielder Jason Heyward out of the second spot in the batting order on July 4. The Cubs spent $184 million on a free agent with such an unorthodox swing that, as one manager told me at the winter meetings, “With that swing, there is a possibility that you sign him to that contract and he just doesn’t hit.