FACTS/FLUKES: Lamb, Joseph, Swanson, Wacha, Holland

Lamb rolling again ... Jake Lamb (3B, ARI) put together a monster first half in 2016, by batting .290 with 19 home runs. We noted in the Baseball Forecaster that a hand injury he sustained in July may have played a role in his second half fade, and he's back to crushing the ball in 2017. Can he keep it up this time?

Year   AB  HR    BA   xBA  OPSvL  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f
====  ===  ==  ====  ====  =====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====
2014* 518  15  .268  .258   .364    8   70  52/17/31  36    98  153  105   14%
2015  350   6  .263  .234   .541    9   72  45/23/32  35   115   87  114    7%
2016  523  29  .249  .271   .625   11   71  46/17/37  30   113  164  149  ...

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