Alonso, Gallen, J.D. Martinez, Kopech, Bart

Alonso pacing toward career-low HR … Pete Alonso (1B, NYM) slugged 40 HR in 2022 and 46 HR in 2023, so it’s a little odd to see him with 27 HR as we near the end of August. How are things under the hood?

YearPAHR/xHRBA/xBAbb%/ct%GB/LD/FBh%HctXPX/xPXHR/FBrl%
202163737/38.262/.2699/7739/18/4328120138/12920%15%
202268540/36.271/.27410/7936/20/4428116143/11217%12%
202365846/46.217/.26510/7337/16/4821104158/13523%15%
202455627/ --.245/.25510/7342/16/4227101141/10817%12%

This is still a strong collection of skills, but there has been a notable change:

  • A comically low h% dragged down his 2023 BA. Positive h% regression has his BA back to a respectable level and xBA hints at a little additional upside.
  • The combination of career-high GB% and...

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