Oh, Luke Jackson. The Atlanta Braves reliever has been both wildly slandered and defended by members of the fan base. It doesn’t matter if he’s the best or the worst in your opinion, he’s here to stay in 2020.

Some say that Luke Jackson, the bringer of a slider with ridiculous break, was the savior of a shaky Atlanta Braves bullpen during the summer of 2019.

Others say that he held down the fort after Arodys Vizcaino went down with a season-ending injury and A.J. Minter couldn’t keep the job that many thought he would.

While others say that Jackson, a right-hander from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and a former first-round pick, is one of the worst relievers in baseball and by all means doesn’t belong in the major leagues, in Gwinnett, or anywhere in affiliated baseball.

Two of those three statements are accurate. If you believe the last one, I’m sorry, you’re just not a knowledgeable baseball fan. If that means you don’t read my articles anymore, OK.

There have been plenty of articles defending Luke Jackson and some condemning the Atlanta Braves hurler. He’s been a lightning rod, to say the least.

Luke has gotten death threats, and hundreds, probably thousands of slanderous things hurled at him.

While the average person probably couldn’t handle the pressure that his job places on him, the vast majority of people would have likely collapsed via the overemotional fans or outright jerks who placed their frustrations on him — Luke Jackson prevails and forges on.