Core muscle injuries must be rough on a baseball player. Hitters are constantly engaging that set of muscles since they are twisting and turning to generate the power necessary to hit the baseball with authority.

Max Kepler had surgery this winter to repair his core muscle injury and it showed this spring. During those two months, he was hitting the ball hard all over the place, even if the results didn’t show up on his home run total. However, you can see the the power he has. It’s pretty obvious most of the time. That’s why he’s the pick today to hit a home run for the Phillies.

Kepler has only faced Jake Irvin, the started for the Nationals, three times in his career and did get a hit off of him. Would you like to guess what that hit was?

That ball he hit against Irvin, coupled with his hitting the ball hard this spring, is why he is the choice today to hit a home run for the Phillies.

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