FACTS/FLUKES: Altuve, Chen, Cruz, Warren, C. Sanchez

Altuve thrives despite h% normalization…Buck up, Jose Altuve (SS, HOU) - while you may be supplanted as an All Star starter by a sub-.600 OPS 2B, your Astros are comfortably in first place in the AL West. Independent of whether he gets the fans’ love, Altuve is posting All Star numbers:

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR  PX  Spd  SB  SBO  SB%
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ==  ===  ==  ===  === 
2011* 365  .297  .278    3   88  33  50/20/30   6  77  121  11  21%  56%
2012  576  .290  .277    6   87  32  53/20/27   7  72  137  33  27%  75%
2013  626  .283  .264    5   86  32  49/23/28   5  58   97  35  28%  73%
2014  660  .341  .297    5   92  36  48/23/30   7  81  124  56  32%  86%
2015  281  .292 ...

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