FACTS/FLUKES: Bruce, Gonzalez, Ellis, Blanton, Mesoraco
Jun 11 2012
Early roller coaster ride evens out for Bruce ... Jay Bruce (OF, CIN) entered the season with high expectations—coming off his first 30-HR season, good xBA trend, still just 25—but a .229 May BA raised some questions. But he's back to his old stroke in the first 10 days of June:
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% Eye h% PX G/L/F hr/f HR ==== === ==== ==== === === ==== == === ======== ==== == 2009 345 .223 .267 10 78 0.51 22 145 39/13/49 17% 22 2010 509 .281 .259 10 73 0.43 34 141 36/20/44 15% 25 2011 585 .256 .261 11 73 0.45 30 156 36/17/47 16% 32 2012 204 .265 .280 10 72 0.40 31 191 29/24/47 19% 13
While there are questions about his batting average,...
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