ATLANTA — After reinventing himself physically, Matt Adams had been waiting to show how it would translate to consistent playing time. It didn’t come in St Louis, where he’d lost the starting first base job and a move to left field proved a futile experiment.
But last Saturday’s trade to the Braves in the wake of Freddie Freeman fracturing his wrist provided the platform, and Big City is delivering.
Big.
During Wednesday’s 12-5, extra-inning loss to the Pirates, Adams hit a fourth-inning triple, his first since 2014. In four games in Atlanta is 6 for 18 with two homer runs, a double and that three-bagger.