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Jordan Schafer was once one of the top prospects in the Braves organization and in all of baseball. In 2008 he was the number 25 prospect by Baseball Americaand in 2009 he was ranked 42^nd. In 2009 Schafer broke camp as the Braves starting centerfielder and the organization had high hopes for him after an impressive spring. He opened the season pretty hot but he soon started to decline and was soon sidelined for the remainder of the year with a left wrist injury. He played for a bit with this wrist injury which potentially did much more damage. Schafer went on to have surgery on that wrist in the offseason. He saw only 195 plate appearances at the big level and 38 PA at AAA in that 2009 season.

In 2010, Schafer was still recovering from this injury and struggled once he started to play. He spent the year between class A and Triple A and did not see anytime at the big league level. His line was .201/.268/.255 and things were not looking good for Schafer at all. In 2011 he spent time at both AAA and the major league level but he still was not performing but in July he was placed on the disabled list with a chip fracture in his left middle finger. The Braves were in need of a center fielder at the deadline after Nate McLouth went down and they made a deal with the Astros for Michael Bourn and Jordan Schafer was a part of the package to Houston.

Schafer went on to finish the year as Houston’s starting center fielder in 2011 after recovering from injury. He hit .245/.314/.311 in 118 plate appearances. Now that brings us to 2012.
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