FACTS/FLUKES: J.D. Martinez, Hamels, Wieters, Saunders, Sabathia

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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