FACTS/FLUKES: Votto, Bell, Rivero, Contreras, Foltynewicz
Jul 14 2017
Votto in the midst of an amazing run … Joey Votto (1B, CIN) had a sluggish first half of 2016, by his standards, but rebounded with a tremendous second half (.398 BA with 15 HR in 279 AB). Though he hasn’t been able to match that BA, he has been extremely impressive so far in 2017, batting .315 with 26 HR in 314 AB. What’s behind the power surge?
Year AB HR/SB BA xBA bb% ct% GB/LD/FB h% HctX PX xPX hr/f Spd ==== === ===== ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== === 2012 374 14/5 .337 .311 20 77 38/30/32 41 134 171 161 15% 66 2013 581 24/6 .305 .279 19 76 44/27/29 37 120 128 128 18% 102 2014 220 6/1 .255 .276 18 78 41/27/33 30 109 122 146 11% ...
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