FACTS/FLUKES: Schoop, Salazar, Gurriel, Colome, T. Anderson

Schoop a top 2B? ... A quick glance at 2017's YTD leaders at second base unveils a new name: Jonathan Schoop (2B, BAL), who has crawled into the top five in standard 5x5 formats. He's already matched 2016's career-high HR total (25) with a 30+ point BA gain to boot. Is it time to consider Schoop an upper-tier 2B?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%   Eye  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f  HR  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ====  ==  ========  =======  ====  ==  ===
2014  455  .209  .228    3   73  0.11    83  25  49/14/37  109/ 96   13%  16   13
2015  305  .279  .258    3   74  0.11   113  33  43/19/38  138/123   17%  15   37
2016  615  .267  .266    3   78  0.15    84  31  45/20/35  116/ 74   15%  25   40
2017  433  .300 ...

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