FACTS/FLUKES: Votto, Heyward, Freeland, Cervelli, Stratton

Votto at the top of his game … Joey Votto (1B, CIN) had a tremendous 2017 campaign, batting .320 while launching 36 HR and amassing a whopping 1.032 OPS in 559 AB. It was just the second time in his terrific career that he has topped the 30-HR plateau, last doing so back in 2010. How did he do it?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  GB/LD/FB  h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===
2013  581  24/6   .305  .279   19   76  44/27/29  37   120  128  128   18%  112
2014  220   6/1   .255  .276   18   78  41/27/33  30   109  122  146   11%   71
2015  545  29/11  .314  .285   21   75  42/25/33  37   126  151  150   22%   83
2016  556  29/8   .326  .298   16   78 ...

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