FACTS/FLUKES: Arenado, Familia, Russell, W. Chen, N. Walker
Mar 8 2016
Arenado a top-flight option ... An impressive host of BPIs led us to give Nolan Arenado (3B, COL) an "UP: .300 BA, 25 HR" speculation in 2015's Baseball Forecaster, and Arenado delivered with 42 bombs and a .287 BA. Arenado posted the highest 5x5 value of any NL 3B in 2015, which now poses the obvious question—can we trust him with a first-round pick?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% HctX h% GB/LD/FB PX xPX hr/f HR BPV
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2013 486 .267 .276 5 85 101 30 43/24/34 92 103 7% 10 59
2014 432 .287 .300 5 87 127 30 38/21/42 142 134 11% 18 102
2015 616 .287 .307 5 82 130 29 34/22/44 172 149 19% 42 ...
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