FACTS/FLUKES: Bogaerts, Rodon, Kepler, Da. Norris, Pearce

Buying Bogaerts? ... Back-to-back $25 seasons, and he's not even 25 years old? Sure looks like there's no stopping Xander Bogaerts (SS, BOS). Do the skills cement his status among the SS elite?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  ct%  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ==  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====  ===
2014  538  .240  .230   74   110  30  38/21/41   98  111    7%   97   4%  12/ 2   21
2015  613  .320  .269   84   100  37  53/21/26   71   60    5%  115   7%   7/10   37
2016  652  .294  .262   81   101  34  45/20/35   91   73   11%  122   9%  21/13   52

Bogaerts might have trouble keeping this pace:

  • Bogaerts has established a high h% baseline and he makes plenty of contact,...

Almost!

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