Arenado, Cease, L. Garcia, Gore, Profar
May 29 2024
Where has Arenado’s power gone? … Nolan Arenado (3B, STL) faded down the stretch in 2023, batting .235 with 4 HR and .628 OPS in 179 PA over the final two months before lower back spasms ended his season. Things haven’t gone much better so far in 2024, as he has a .263 batting average with only 3 HR through 213 PA. What’s going on here?
| Year | PA | HR/xHR | BA/xBA | bb%/ct% | GB/LD/FB | h% | HctX | PX/xPX | HR/F | Brl% | Spd |
| 2021 | 655 | 34/21 | .255/.271 | 8/84 | 31/19/50 | 25 | 116 | 123/127 | 14% | 7% | 88 |
| 2022 | 620 | 30/22 | .293/.292 | 8/87 | 30/20/50 | 29 | 121 | 136/116 | 12% | 8% | 71 |
| 2023 | 612 | 26/20 | .266/.270 | 7/82 | 39/21/40 | 28 | 113 | 102/93 | 14% | 7% | 91 |
| 2H23 | 278 | 10/7 | .252/.278 | 7/84 | 41/22/36 | 26 | 112 | 91/73 | 13% | 6% | 83 |
| 2024 | 213 | 3/ N/A | .263/.246 | 6/81 | 38/24/38 | 30 | 83 | 69/68 | 4% | 2% | 74 |
The quality of contact has taken a massive fall:
- Arenado’s xPX and FB% are virtually the...
Almost!
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