In a season where so many things went wrong for the Atlanta Braves, there may not have been a more pleasant and unexpected surprise on the offensive side of the ball than Ramon Laureano.
It's probably not hyperbole to say the club would not have made the postseason without his services at the plate, and that says a lot about a player whose career had cratered after a PED suspension.
The expectations were fairly low, as Laureano hit a paltry .143/.265/.229 with the Guardians while striking out 39 percent of the time.
More broadly, with or without the context that Laureano had struggled so badly with the Guardians that he got cut, his PED suspension made it hard to figure out exactly what kind of player he was going to be going forward.
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