Goldschmidt, Turang, Paxton, Gorman, Feltner

Goldschmidt is off to a brutal start … Paul Goldschmidt’s (1B, STL) streak of five consecutive 30+ HR seasons ended when he finished 2023 with 25 HR and a .268 batting average in 686 PA. He faded in the second half of 2023, and is off to a terrible start in 2024, batting a measly .214 with 4 HR and 63% ct% through 193 PA. How are things under the hood?

Year	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	HR/F	Brl%	Spd/SBO
2021	681	33/12	.297/.272	10/77	36/23/41	33	131	130/143	17%	14%	104/6%
2022	649	35/7	.317/.281	12/74	40/19/41	37	106	170/127	20%	12%	100/3%
2023	686	25/11	.268/.251	13/72	41/21/37	32	116	111/130	15%	12%	82/6%
2H23	323	10/3	.248/.234	13/70	43/21/35	31	92	93/104	14%	10%	85/4%
2024	193	4/2	.214/.193	9/63	43/21/34	31	90	72/98	10%	6%	101/4%

It’s a mixed bag:

• Goldschmidt’s ct% has crashed...

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