FACTS/ FLUKES: Hernández, Urquidy, Candelario, Mercado, Jiménez

Can Hernandez seize on breakout?  ... Teoscar Hernández (OF, TOR) tore up opposing pitchers to open the shortened season, posting a pair of two-HR games in the first week. Things gradually slid downhill from there, including a 10-day IL stint with an oblique injury in September. Still, the 28-year-old finished with at least a short-season .289-16-34 breakout over 50 games. Is he capable of keeping that pace for a full season?

Year   AB  HR   BA   xBA   ct%  FB%  h%   Brl% PX/xPX   xHR  hr/f   SB  SBO
====  ===  === ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  =======  ==== ====   ==  ===
2017* 488  25  .252  .246  69    49   32   17  149/139    7   31%   15  22%
2018  476  22  .239  .238  66    44   32   16  157/149   36   16%    5  10%
2019  417 ...

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