Michael Chavis’ power surge comes two years after his last certified ink

He’s not exactly a come-from-nowhere player, but the power is coming through for one Boston Red Sox minor-leaguer.

Michael Chavis hit his 14th home run of the season Sunday for High-A Salem — and actually his 13th, too, since it was his third multi-homer game of the year. That’s just two-shy of his career-high from two years ago in 109 games.

He’s hitting .343 through 47 games (so that home run pace looks even stronger) and the good news here is that he’s just 21 years old since he was just 18 back in 2014 when Boston took him with the 26th overall pick.

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Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2013 Leaf Perfect Game box (Hour 2)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is Hour 2.

12in12-logo-smallerThe box: 2013 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase
The cost: Click here

What’s inside this one? Keep reading …

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First Buzz: Leaf Showcase Baseball Vault cards

What: Leaf Showcase Baseball Vault cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: One past Leaf Showcase box and four 1/1 autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf revisits the Perfect Game Showcase with a limited-edition release that revisits past years of the prep all-star event via full boxes of those past products combined with newer bonus cards.

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