FACTS/FLUKES: Devers, F. Reyes, Brault, Sandoval, Cooper

Can Devers bounce back to his 2019 form? ... After breaking out with the best season of his career in 2019, Rafael Devers (3B, BOS) took a step backward in 2020, going from $33 in rotisserie value to $21 while his batting average plummeted from .311 to .263. Do his skills give reason to think he'll rebound in 2021?

Year   PA   BA    xBA  HR  xHR  bb%  ct%  HctX  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX HR/F xHR/F
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  ======= ==== =====
2017  240  .284  .255  10    8    8   74   104  49/15/36  121/ 98  17%   14%
2018  490  .240  .241  21   19    8   73    93  46/15/39  121/ 95  17%   15%
2019  702  .311  .298  32   32    7   82   107  44/21/34  126/ 93  18%   18%
2020  248  .263  .255  11   12    5   71  ...

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