FACTS/ FLUKES: Span, Ramirez, Marte, Gonzalez, Wood

Beat continues for unheralded Span ... Denard Span (OF, WAS) is easy to overlook. His best weapon is good, but not elite, speed. He has little power. And his batting and on-base averages have slowly been slipping as there's now talk of him losing playing time in the Nats OF.

Year    AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%   h%   G/L/F    SB  Spd  SBO%  HH%  hr/f
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===   ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ===  ==== 
2011*  322  .253  .268    8   87   29  53/21/26   6  126   10%   18    3%
2012   516  .283  .290    8   88   32  54/21/24  17  110   16%   21    4%
2013   610  .279  .285    6   87   31  54/23/23  20  152   15%   19    3%
2014   306  .268  .286    6   90   30  44/24/34  13  120   21%   25    1% 

Span's plate skills...

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