FACTS/FLUKES: J.D. Martinez, Hamels, Wieters, Saunders, Sabathia
Jun 3 2016
Will Martinez fall short of $25 season hat trick?...About one-third of the way through the season, and J.D. Martinez (OF, DET) is struggling to keep his batting average above .250, this after hitting better than .280 the past two years. Is there anything in the underlying numbers to suggest that a BA surge is in the offing?
Year AB BA xBA h% HctX bb% ct% Eye GB/LD/FB xPX hr/f Spd HR/SB FBDis* ==== === === === == ==== === === ==== ======== === ==== === ===== ===== 2012 395 241 229 29 87 9 76 0.42 52/17/32 79 12% 103 11/0 279' 2013 296 250 236 32 102 3 72 0.12 44/22/34 108 9% 86 7/2 291' 2014 441 315 280 40 133 6 71 0.24 40/23/37 158 19% 107 ...
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