BATTERS: BPV leaders, August 2016

Let's continue our monthly look back at the players who posted the best skills during the previous month by moving on to hitters.

The list of the most skilled bats of August is headlined by a dynamic young backstop:

75+ BPV, August 2016*

Name                League  Position     bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX  Spd  BPV
==================  ======  ===========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===
Sanchez, Gary           AL            C  10%  78%  0.52  255   142  172   85  164
Dozier, Brian           NL           2B   8%  79%  0.41  228   151  171  118  150
Freeman, Freddie        NL           1B  21%  72%  0.93  240   160  262   86  149
Grichuk, Randal         NL           CF   1%  66%  0.04  308   147  260  101  144
Arenado, Nolan...

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