FACTS/ FLUKES: Lucroy, Yelich, Cingrani, Upton, Degrom

Lucroy firing on (almost) all cylinders ... Jonathan Lucroy (C, MIL) pushed his way into the elite tier of catchers with a breakout performance last year and while the power production has been on the light side, he's made up for any HR shortcomings by entering the week tied for No. 2 in batting average.

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   Eye   PX  xPX   FB  hr/f  HR  HH%  HctX
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===  ====
2011   430  .265  .256    6   77  32  0.29   90   83  34%   11%  12   20    75
2012   316  .320  .284    7   86  34  0.50  112  130  37%   12%  12   35   131
2013   521  .280  .281    8   87  29  0.67  104  135  38%   10%  18   37   133
2014   220  .327  .301   10   88  36  0.92 ...

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