FACTS/FLUKES: Ellsbury, Scherzer, Rasmus, Rodney, D. Santana
Aug 26 2014
Power doesn’t reappear, but speed persists for Ellsbury…When Jacoby Ellsbury (OF, NYY) signed with the Yankees in the off-season, fanalytic bidders drooled. Visions of the lefty taking aim at the short right field porch in Yankee Stadium (+33% LH HR) had some pondering a return to his 2011 power numbers (32 HRs). Those owners are likely pretty disappointed in his 2014 performance.
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F HR PX xPX hr/f Spd SB SBO% ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== == === === ==== === == ==== 2010* 102 .239 .256 5 91 26 49/16/35 0 48 35 0% 97 8 37% 2011 660 .321 .313 7 85 34 43/23/34 32 145 115 17% 103 39 30% 2012 303 .271 .259 6 86 30 ...
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