FACTS/FLUKES: Votto, Bell, Rivero, Contreras, Foltynewicz

Votto in the midst of an amazing run … Joey Votto (1B, CIN) had a sluggish first half of 2016, by his standards, but rebounded with a tremendous second half (.398 BA with 15 HR in 279 AB). Though he hasn’t been able to match that BA, he has been extremely impressive so far in 2017, batting .315 with 26 HR in 314 AB. What’s behind the power surge?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  GB/LD/FB  h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===
2012  374  14/5   .337  .311   20   77  38/30/32  41   134  171  161   15%   66
2013  581  24/6   .305  .279   19   76  44/27/29  37   120  128  128   18%  102
2014  220   6/1   .255  .276   18   78  41/27/33  30   109  122  146   11%  ...

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