BATTERS: Power and eye surgers, 2017 2H

Identifying recent underlying power and batting eye changes can help you target the batters who will help you the most down the stretch.

The following bats have seen a substantial spike in their ISO (Slg minus BA) between the first and second halves of 2017:

  • ISO, 2017 2H vs. 1H*
    
    Name                League  Position     ISO 1H  ISO 2H  Diff
    ==================  ======  ===========  ======  ======  =====
    Cron, C.J.              AL           1B    .090    .357  +.267
    Flores, Wilmer          NL     3B/1B/2B    .167    .429  +.262
    Stanton, Giancarlo      NL           RF    .295    .500  +.205
    Herrera, Odubel         NL           CF    .137    .337  +.200
    Gallo, Joey             AL     3B/1B/LF    .315    .515  +.200
    Contreras, Willson    ...

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