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Yasiel Puig's bicep is probably bigger than your head

in Game Four of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Harry How)

Players reporting to camp in the best shape of their lives has become a bit of a baseball meme, but that doesn't mean there isn't some truth to it. So, while Yasiel Puig has always been one of the strongest players in the game, it looks like he's spent his winter preparing to tear the sleeves off his first Reds uniform simply by flexing. 
Just check out this bicep: 

If you want to see how remarkably different baseball is now, compare Puig to the player who was so strong he did tear the sleeves off his Reds uniform. These 'ceps are a mere fraction of Puig's: 

Yeah, I'd say players are hitting the gym just a little harder these days. 

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