FACTS/FLUKES: Choo, Richards, Morales, Dickey, Gattis
May 26 2015
Declining batting eye impacts Choo...After signing a 7 year, $130 million deal in December 2013, Shin-Soo Choo’s (OF, TEX) 2014 season could be called a failure. After a slow April in 2015, some owners gave up on him. Choo seems to have come alive in May—is he fully back from his slumber?
Year AB BA xBA OBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F PX xPX HR hr/f ==== === ==== ==== ==== === === == ======== === === == ==== 2011 313 .259 .245 .344 10 75 32 45/22/32 91 128 8 10% 2012 598 .283 .268 .373 11 75 35 50/23/27 118 107 16 13% 2013 569 .285 .273 .423 16 77 34 49/21/29 126 99 21 16% 2014 455 .242 .236 .340 11 71 31 50/20/30 104 110 13 13% 2015 152 ...
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