FACTS/FLUKES: Bour, Hoskins, Taillon, Norris, Zobrist
Jul 7 2018
Bour’s BA has been a drag … Injuries derailed what was shaping up to be a monster year for Justin Bour (1B, MIA) in 2017, as he sported a .289 BA with 25 HR in 377 AB. He had the look of a possible draft-day bargain heading into 2018 (201 ADP), but through 286 AB, he has a .234 BA and 13 HR. What’s behind the sharp BA decline?
Year AB HR BA/xBA vL vR bb% ct% GB/LD/FB h% HctX PX/xPX hr/f ==== === == ========= ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== ======= ==== 2014* 459 11 .246/.249 .600 .734 7 81 53/16/31 28 127 93/126 6% 2015* 460 24 .258/.254 .573 .845 8 77 48/17/35 29 112 128/110 21% 2016 280 15 .264/.276 .533 .857 12 80 44/22/35 28 114 117/107 19% 2017 ...
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