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As the cover athlete last year, Puig was rated 90 and considered the second-best right fielder behind Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins.
Multiple hamstring injuries limited Puig to a career-worst 79 games last season. He batted .255/.322/.436 with 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, .328 wOBA, 111 wRC+, 66 strikeouts and 22 walks in 311 plate appearances.
Puig was instructed to shed some weight during the offseason with the hope it will correlate to him avoiding the same hamstring issues in 2016.
Stanton was also affected by injury last season as he fractured the hamate bone in his left hand on June 26 in a game against the Dodgers.
The Marlins slugger never appeared in a game after the injury. Meanwhile, Bryce Harper went on to be unanimously voted the 2015 NL MVP. At 23 years old, he became the fourth-youngest player to win the award.
Harper led the Majors in on-base percentage (.460), slugging percentage (.649) and WAR (9.9). He also tied for the NL lead in home runs (42) and batting average (.330), and led the NL in runs scored (118).
In 153 games played, the 23 year old hit .330/.460/.649 with an MLB-best 197 wRC+, 195 OPS+ and .461 wOBA.
Last season was Harper’s first as a full-time right fielder. He ranked fourth among NL players at his position with seven defensive runs saved and was a Gold Glove finalist. Harper is now rated the top right fielder in baseball:
