FACTS/FLUKES: Pham, C. Hernandez, Markakis, Boxberger, Wacha

Pham building off of 2017 breakout ... Tommy Pham (OF, STL) earned a recall to the majors in May of 2017, and never looked back, batting .306/.411/.520 with 23 home runs and 25 steals. His short track record of excellence and degenerative eye condition made him a difficult player to project heading into 2018, but he is quieting all of the doubters. Will he keep it up?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX/xPX  hr/f  Spd/SBO  
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  =======  ====  =======
2015* 324   9/8   .262  .258   10   73  51/21/27  33   120  111/119   16%  112/9%
2016* 283  12/8   .214  .228   11   62  45/25/30  30   107  124/126   35%  102/19%
2017* 536  26/29  .292  .277   13   73 ...

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