FACTS/ FLUKES: Lindor, McCullers, Encarnación, Manaea, Bundy
Aug 24 2020
Lindor slow out of the gate... Three years during which he averaged 35 HRs, 20 steals and a plus batting average made Francisco Lindor (SS, CLE) a Baseball Forecaster coverboy. But he's fallen well short of first-round value with scant time to make up ground. What's been the problem?
Year AB HR SB BA xBA ct% bb% H% HctX PX/xPX G/L/F hr/f SBO% ==== === == == ==== ==== === === == ==== ======= ======== ==== ==== 2017 651 33 15 .273 .290 86 8 28 122 120/122 39/18/42 11% 11 2018 661 38 25 .277 .292 84 9 28 128 131/136 39/22/40 17% 20 2019 598 32 22 .284 .292 84 7 29 122 115/104 44/20/37 17% 19 2020 107 4 0 .234 .255 79 5 26 99 86/...
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