FACTS/FLUKES: Marte, T. Ross, N. Walker, Liriano, Phillips

Lucky hr/f propelling Marte … Starling Marte (OF, PIT) got everyone excited when he showed significant growth in the 2H of 2014. He has roared out of the gates with a .284 BA and 9 HR (just 4 shy of his 2014 total). Is this the year Marte puts it all together?

Year   AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB 
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====
2012  167  .257  .249   5%   70    94  34  57/18/25  110   83   18%  205  46%   5/12 
2013  510  .280  .260   5%   73   100  36  51/22/28  116   98   12%  193  47%  12/41 
2014  495  .291  .264   6%   74   105  37  47/23/29  119  114   13%  167  32%  13/30...

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