FACTS/FLUKES: Yelich, DeSclafani, Thornburg, C. Hernandez, Hundley
Jul 27 2016
Is Yelich putting it all together? … Prior to 2016, Christian Yelich (OF, MIA) had never hit more than 9 HR in a major league season and had a total of 20 HR in 1,298 career AB. However, he has already slugged 10 HR in 348 AB while also improving his BA to a personal best .322. What’s going on here?
Year AB HR/SB BA xBA bb% ct% GB/LD/FB h% HctX PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO ==== === ===== ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== === === 2013* 433 9/14 .276 .276 11 72 63/23/14 37 108 114 83 17% 149 15% 2014 582 9/21 .284 .271 11 76 61/21/18 36 113 91 97 12% 133 15% 2015 476 7/16 .300 .281 9 79 62/23/15 37 115 85 81 13% 119 14% 2016 348 10/4 ...
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