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Schafer certain he will return to Braves
Schafer certain he will return to Braves
Normally, getting banished to the minor leagues while an All-Star with a three-year contract takes your job would be as bad as it gets. But Jordan Schafer has been through worse — a 50-game suspension last year for his suspected link to HGH.
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Schafer certain he will return
Rotodatabase.com blogs — Q: How much did your wrist have to do with your struggles? A: It bothered me, but that has nothing to do with it. I struggled because I didn’t make adjustments or sometimes I tried to make too many adjustments. After every at-bat, I’d run in and look at my video. Then I’d be thinking about that at the plate instead of just trying to have a good at-bat. I needed to make adjustments, but not to the point where it changed my swing altogether. Q: You got away from what got you here? A: Hitting a home run my first at-bat and [another] a couple days later might not have been a good thing because I tried to swing too hard. That’s not really my game. I looked at some [video]. As soon as ...

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