FACTS/FLUKES: Arenado, Kershaw, McMahon, Castro, Wil. Contreras

After slow April, Arenado warms up ... With only two home runs in April, Nolan Arenado (3B, STL) quickly swatted seven HR in May. So far, his $24 R$ is shy of his $31 R$ from 2022. What's going on behind the results?

Year   PA  HR  xHR    BA/xBA   bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX/xPX  QBaB  Brl%
====  ===  ==  ===   ========  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  =======  ====  ====     
2019  662  41   27  .315/.287    9   84  36/19/45  32   123  124/139   BAd    8%
2020  201   8    6  .253/.251    7   89  37/16/47  25   126   87/103   CAf    5%
2021  653  34   27  .255/.271    8   84  31/19/50  25   116  123/127   CAf    7%
2022  620  30   21  .293/.292    8   87  30/20/50  29   121  136/116   CAd    8%
2023  285  13  N/A  .279/.262    7  ...

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