FACTS/FLUKES: Pujols, Willingham, Buehrle, Perez, Kazmir

Pujols starts slow again ... When Albert Pujols (1B, LAA) finished last April without a home run, he silenced critics with a monstrous May (8 HRs) and never really looked back. While this April wasn't as power-starved, he hasn't exactly torn the cover off the ball, either. What do we make of this year's slow start?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F     PX  xPX  hr/f  HR  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===
2009  568  .327  .343   17   89  30  39/16/46  182  155   20%  47  161
2010  587  .312  .317   15   87  30  38/17/44  162  146   18%  42  137
2011  579  .299  .317   10   90  28  45/17/38  141  140   18%  37  114
2012  607  .285  .303    8   87  29  41/19/40  140  126   14%  30 ...

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