Jason Heyward

Jason Heyward (born August 9 1989) is a height|ft=6|in=4, 220-pound outfielder for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Atlanta Braves organization. He was selected 14th overall by Atlanta in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed a deal worth $1.7 million ($170,000 more than MLB's slot recommendation of $1.53 million, and the same as the 2006 14th-slot amount that the Toronto Blue Jays gave Travis Snider) [cite web|title = "Braves sign Heyward"|date = 2007-08-13|publisher = "Baseball America"|url = http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=195] on August 12, 2007. [cite web|title = "Braves sign No. 1 pick Heyward"|date = 2007-08-12|publisher = MLB.com|url = http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070812&content_id=2145265&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl]

Heyward was an AFLAC All-American prep first baseman for Henry County High School in McDonough, Georgia. [cite web|title = "Roster - AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic"|url = http://www.aflacallamerican.com/2006/Roster/index.cfm?id=134] He was ranked as the Braves' second-best prospect entering the 2008 season by "Baseball America" [cite web|title = "Top 10 Prospects: Atlanta Braves"|date = 2007-11-05|publisher = "Baseball America"|url = http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/265139.html] , being listed by the publication as the organization's best power hitter and having the best strike-zone discipline in the system.

Heyward is represented by Career Sports & Entertainment, the same sports agency that represents Braves RF Jeff Francoeur and P John Smoltz.

Heyward is now with the Rome Braves minor league team.

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