FACTS/FLUKES: Carpenter, McCutchen, Bandy, Hellickson, Chacin

Carpenter swinging for the fences ... Matt Carpenter (1B, STL) has provided plenty of power in 2017, but his batting average has surprisingly plummeted. What's the problem, and should he be expected to recover?

Year   AB  HR    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f
====  ===  ==  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====
2013  626  11  .318  .293   10   84  39/27/34  36   117  116  103    6%
2014  595   8  .272  .253   14   81  41/24/35  32   117   80   97    5%
2015  574  28  .272  .278   12   74  30/29/42  32   119  164  167   16%
2016  473  21  .271  .282   15   77  31/26/43  31   131  144  174   13%
2017  159   9  .226  .242   18   72  28/22/49  25   127  124  160   16%

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