Astros' Popular JJ Matijevic: First- and Second-Hit Homers Just the Beginning
Bats'n'Tats: Pennsylvania native and Arizona Wildcat an intriguing first baseman/DH/OF with a Will Clark comp. A dozen photos help reveal the "spectacular person" in the Houston uni.
He was drafted without a set position in the field. He didn’t even have a true projected position to employ throughout his minor league trek. But, in 2017, no one in the Houston Astros’ front office cared, so potent, projectable, and prodigious was his bat.
Now 26, JJ Matijevic (pronounced matt-ih-JEV-ick) has since found a posit…
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