FACTS/FLUKES: Kang, Bruce, A. Wood, D. Santana, Eickhoff

Kang powers up … Despite spending 49 days on the shelf due to various injuries (recovery from torn meniscus and fractured tibia suffered in late 2015; plus sore left shoulder), Jung-ho Kang (3B, PIT) wound up with 21 HR and a .255 BA in 318 AB. Has the 30-year-old arrived as a legit power source?

Year    AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  GB/LD/FB  h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO
=====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===
15-1H  198   4/5   .258  .249    7   76  54/22/24  32    84   77   71   11%   77   9%
15-2H  223  11/0   .314  .293    5   77  46/23/31  37   144  152  134   21%   85   7%
2016   318  21/5   .255  .282   10   75  42/20/37  28   120  156  146   23%   62   5%

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