In his youth, Ben Hayslip was nearly a pro baseball player, but baseball’s loss was country music’s gain. Hayslip channels championship-level power into his songwriting, making every emotion ring out loud and true. That goes for the lovestruck balladry of Thomas Rhett’s “It Goes Like This” as well as the deep family history of Blake Shelton’s “I Lived It” and the blue-collar holler of Jason Aldean’s stomper “The Only Way I Know” with Luke Bryan and Eric Church.