FACTS/FLUKES: Soto, García, Bart, Matz, Syndergaard

Is Soto still a first rounder? ... Juan Soto (OF, SD) was the first outfielder off the board in most drafts a season ago, but fell short of expectations when his BA dipped more than 70 points. Let's see what went wrong and if there's reason to believe in a full rebound.

Year   PA  HR/xHR  SB    BA/xBA   bb%/ct%    G/L/F   h%/HctX/Brl%   PX/xPX  HR/F  Spd
====  ===  ======  ==  =========  =======  ========  ============  =======  ====  ===
2019  659   34/40  12  .282/.280   16/76   42/21/37   32/108/12%   138/139   22%  103
2020  196   13/14   6  .351/.335   21/82   52/20/29   36/139/18%   179/140   36%   83
2021  654   29/31   9  .313/.285   22/81   53/19/29   34/130/13%   113/99    24%  101
2022  663   27/30   6  .242/.273   20/82  ...

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