FACTS/FLUKES: Brantley, Morton, Moustakas, E. Rodriguez, T. Beckham
May 7 2017
Is Brantley's shoulder healthy? ... A 2016 season littered with shoulder setbacks—and ultimately surgery in August—had owners skeptical of Michael Brantley (OF, CLE) entering 2017. Brantley's flashed signs of his 2014-15 self so far with a .283 BA, 5 HR, and 3 SB through his first 92 AB. Is he out of the woods?
Year AB BA xBA ct% HctX h% GB/LD/FB PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO HR/SB BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== == ======== === === ==== === === ===== === 2014 611 .327 .324 91 133 34 46/26/28 116 105 13% 94 13% 20/23 102 2015 529 .310 .308 90 122 32 46/23/32 107 88 10% 76 10% 15/15 92 2016 39 .231 .247 85 111 27 44/24/32 40 108 0% 102 10% 0/ 1 17 2017 ...
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