FACTS/ FLUKES: Beltran, Ramirez, Stults, McCutchen, Hefner

Spring surge for Beltran ... Once again Carlos Beltrán (OF, STL) is filling up the stat sheet in the first few months of the season—and once again there will be questions about whether he can maintain the performance through the dog days of summer. Beltran's BA took a nosedive after July 1 in 2012 and speed and power output also tailed off.

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F    PX  Spd  hr/f  HR
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ===  ===  ====  ==
2010  220  .255  .271   12   82  42/19/39  106  106   10%   7
2011  520  .300  .310   12   83  40/21/39  152   89   13%  22
2012  547  .269  .274   11   77  42/20/38  142   66   20%  32
2013  277  .308  .293    6   83  36/24/40  134   89   20%  19

Beltran's BPIs have been...

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