FACTS/FLUKES: Brantley, Reed, Escobar, Wilhelmsen, Berry

Brantley enjoying everyday role... In parts of the past three seasons, Michael Brantley (OF, CLE) gave the impression that he is most effective in a platoon role. In 2012, however, Brantley is showing he may have been shortchanged by this assessment and has taken advantage of fulltime duties:

Year   AB  SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%   Eye   G/L/F    PX  Spd  SBO%  BPV
====  ===  ==  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ========  ==  ===  ====  ===
2009  112   4  .313  .250   7%  83%  0.42  47/26/27  30  101   21%  -11
2010  297  10  .246  .259   7%  87%  0.58  48/20/32  50  115   15%   40
2011  451  13  .266  .269   7%  83%  0.45  49/20/31  78  104   15%   45
2012  218   9  .284  .294   6%  89%  0.52  52/22/26  77  112   24%   63

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