FACTS/FLUKES: Carpenter, Realmuto, Pederson, Lackey, Teheran

Carpenter flexes his muscles ... Matt Carpenter (1B, STL) was in the midst of a monster season when an oblique injury sent him to the DL in early July. Upon his return a month later, his numbers tailed off, but his overall skills are extremely impressive:

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%

A concerted effort to hit for more power is paying...

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