FACTS/FLUKES: Betts, Shoemaker, Schoop, M. Gonzalez, Alonso

Solid skills fuel Betts, but 2016 repeat unlikely…After a slow start (two HR in the first five weeks of the season), Mookie Betts (OF, BOS) has heated up. Still, he’s not quite matching 2016’s numbers, when he posted a $44 season and finished second in the AL MVP race. Will Betts continue to pick up the pace?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  FB%  HR   PX  xPX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ==  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===  ===
2014* 588  .318  .281   11   86   133  39%  14  114  117    8%  34  132  23%
2015  597  .291  .277    7   86   119  42%  18  114  114    8%  21  146  18%
2016  672  .318  .295    7   88   119  39%  31  114  107   13%  26  138  16%
2017  131  .305  .309   10   92   143  45%   6 ...

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