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Ten MLB stars that would love to hit restart button on 2017 season

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Dansby Swanson, shortstop, Atlanta Braves

Expectations were high for Swanson entering 2017. But the start to the season has been a giant bump in the road. Swanson opened the year 5-for-28, producing a .179/.207/.321 slash line with seven strikeouts.

He’s both scored and driven in only one run. That’s not the kind of production that Atlanta was hoping for from its Rookie of the Year candidate.

The good news is that the run and RBI were both produced on Sunday. Perhaps Swanson’s first home run of the season is a sign that he’s coming out of a funk.

The bad news is that after the long ball, he was 0-for-4 with a strikeout. So, while he had a great at-bat, he’s not exactly seeing the ball terribly well.

In the long term, we’re not overly worried about Swanson. The former No. 1 overall pick did enough in the minors, as well as his brief Major League cameo in 2016, to show that he’s got the game to play at the MLB level.

But slumps like this are not rare. Opposing pitchers saw what Swanson could do in 2016 and are now adjusting to him. It’s on him to adjust back. Sometimes that takes the better part of a season. The Braves and their fans need to hope that Swanson is a quick study. With Matt Kemp out with an injury, the rest of Atlanta’s hitters need to pick up the slack.

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