FACTS/FLUKES: Altuve, Sano, E. Rodriguez, Mancini, Bundy

Altuve swings for the fences...Despite spending more than a month on the injured list to begin the season Jose Altuve (2B, HOU) will almost certainly surpass his previous personal best home run total in 2019. It is also very likely that he ends up with a career-worst stolen base total. Are Altuve's respective home runs binge, and stolen bases drought, facts or flukes? 

Year   AB  HR/SB   BA  xBA  HctX  ct%   LA+   PX  xPX  hr/f  hr/HHf^ FBv*  Spd  Zct~
====  ===  =====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ====  ======  ====  ===  ===
2015  638  15/38  313  281   103   90  10.5   89   92    7%    22%   89.2  134  95%
2016  640  24/30  338  311   122   89  10.9  104  120   13%    27%   91.6  120  91%
2017  590  24/32  346  299    98  ...

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