In his first week in the major leagues, the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger was the National League player of the week. And then there is Kevin Maas, whose name is still spoken in hushed tones by New York Yankees fans. Whenever a young player there starts pumping home runs — Gary Sanchez last year, Aaron Judge this year — the cautionary whispers circulate immediately among the Yankees faithful: remember Kevin Maas. Maas showed up at the end of June, and the home runs started flying. Geren, who played with Maas and coaches Bellinger, scoffed at the notion.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 10, 2017 01:07 UTC