Langford, Alonso, Bibee, Yr. Diaz, Montero

Langford is showing signs of growth … Wyatt Langford (OF, TEX) has missed significant time this season, a combined 55 IL days between forearm flexor strain and hamstring injuries. However, he's on pace to nearly match his power totals from last season in far fewer appearances, while showing impressive gains in batting average as well. What do we make of this?

YearPAHR/SBBA/xBAbb%/ct%G / FPX/xPXHR/FBrl%SpdSB%SBO%BPX
202455315/19.253/.24310/7741/4199/10110%9%12186%17%154
202557322/22.241/.24113/6936/42129/12115%14%10979%19%137
202622812/7.284/.2686/7834/45138/11916%9%15388%16%267

There's plenty here to like:

  • Langford's return to 2024 contact rates have helped fuel a lofty .284 average, and while that number is likely to come down somewhat,...

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