JUPITER Zach Duke Jersey , Fla. (AP) — e he has ever received and applying it to his entire spring training approach.“Have a short memory,” Fowler said.Fowler had a 2018 worth forgetting.A career .262 hitter with an on-base percentage of .360, Fowler hit only .180 with an on-base percentage below .300 while battling nagging injuries much of the year. A foul ball that broke his foot ended Fowler’s season in early August, limiting him to 90 games – his lowest single-season total since the year he broke into the big leagues.“You learn from it and move on,” Fowler said.Now 32, Fowler is entering the third season of a five-year, $82 million contract. An All-Star with Chicago in 2016 when he posted a .393 on-base percentage to help lead the Cubs to their first World Series title in more than a century, Fowler scored 186 runs during a two-year stint with Chicago prior to joining St. Louis.Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is seeing a rejuvenated, more upbeat Fowler compared to the player who struggled last season.“With Dexter, I want that million-dollar smile to be more consistent,” Shildt said. “I want him to appreciate and enjoy what he’s doing and get back to a place that he’s coming from, that he has a lot of records from, and that’s a place of success — not only individually but in team settings.”Jose Martinez, not Fowler, will start in right field on Saturday when the Cardinals open preseason play against the Miami Marlins. Left fielder Marcel Ozuna, working his way back from offseason shoulder surgery, will be the designated hitter in the opener and isn’t expected to play the field for the first couple of weeks.Fowler will make his Grapefruit League debut on Sunday, and Shildt has already announced that Fowler will hit second in the lineup http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , between Matt Carpenter and Paul Goldschmidt.“From an on-base standpoint he’s one of the elite on-base guys in the league,” Carpenter said of Fowler. “Obviously he’s a great base runner. If you can put what I do and what he does in front of guys like Paul Goldshmidt and Marcel Ozuna it’s a recipe, potentially, for a ton of runs.”Carpenter has reached base at no less than a .374 clip in five of the past six seasons. Goldshmidt has driven in at least 110 runs three times during his career. Ozuna drove in 124 runs in 2017 with the Marlins.Unlike previous seasons, Fowler most frequently hit in the sixth or seventh spot last season.“I’m accustomed to being in the top of the lineup,” Fowler said. “I’ve always been a guy who’s tried to get on base.” Braves hit the mountains to battle the purple and black"Thanks to some late inning heroics from Dansby Swanson on Sunday afternoon, the Braves find themselves a game over .500, and will thus head to Denver with a winning record.Bullpen antics aside, the Braves had a good week, walking away from the first homestand of the season with a 5-1 record.If not for those aforementioned bullpen antics, it might have been a clean sweep.Upon arriving in Colorado, they will be greeted by a slumping Rockies team which sits in a last-place tie in the NL West.They have averaged 3.1 runs per game - 25th in all of baseball - and have slashed .216/.282/.336 as a unit.After winning their first two games of the season, they have gone 1-7, and they spent their weekend getting swept at home by the Dodgers.To make matters worse, during last night’s game, two of the Rockies’ offensive bright spots on the season (Trevor Story and David Dahl) were removed due to injury.It’s early, but it’s already been that kind of season for the Rockies.The Braves, meanwhile Fernando Rodney Jersey , have shown scary offensive potential even with Ronald Acua, Jr. and Josh Donaldson waiting for their stats to catch up with their peripherals.They will run into a tough task Monday against Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland.Freeland comes into this match-up with a 1-1 record, holding a 2.31 ERA / 3.03 FIP.He arrived at this favorable line with two very schizophrenic performances - in his first start on Opening Day, he went 7 innings, struck out 5, and allowed only 1 run against a mostly punchless Marlins team.Then, in his second start against a potent Rays offense, he struck out 10 but allowed 3 runs over 4 鈪?innings.Both of these starts came on the road, so neither one factors in the Coors effect.Even if Freeland brings his A-game, consider me intrigued by this Braves lineup at a place where routine fly balls commonly find their way over the fence.On the other side, Julio Teheran will take the ball for the Braves.Given his difficulty with the home run ball, Julio has pitched surprisingly well at Coors Field during his career.In 4 career starts at Coors, he is 1-1 with a 2.96 ERA.Most surprisingly, he has never allowed a home run there.Also, in his two starts in 2019, the only HR Julio has allowed came against Andrew McCutchen, the first batter he faced this season.I don’t believe in jinxes, but a lot of people do http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , so...we’ll decide later whether any home runs allowed are my fault.Another interesting story to follow in this series will be the weather.After last year’s April series in Colorado which saw frigid conditions and balaclavas everywhere, the temperature at first pitch tonight is expected to be around 70 degrees.Break out the short sleeves!By the time Wednesday afternoon rolls around, however, the temperature will drop to 49 degrees with 24 MPH winds expected - so if the standard Coors experience eludes us tonight, there should be plenty of it later this week.In case you’re near Denver, it’s dollar hot dog night at the ballpark.So show up, support the Braves, and get indigestion for a low price.Game InfoGame Date/Time: Monday, April 8, 6:40 PM MT (local time) / 8:40pm ETLocation: Coors Field, Denver, ColoradoTV: Fox Sports SouthStreaming: MLB.tvRadio: 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan, Rock 100.5, Braves Radio Network