FACTS/FLUKES: Choo, Richards, Morales, Dickey, Gattis

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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