FACTS/ FLUKES: Lindor, McCullers, Encarnación, Manaea, Bundy

Lindor slow out of the gate... Three years during which he averaged 35 HRs, 20 steals and a plus batting average made Francisco Lindor (SS, CLE) a Baseball Forecaster coverboy. But he's fallen well short of first-round value with scant time to make up ground. What's been the problem?

Year   AB  HR  SB    BA   xBA  ct%  bb%  H%  HctX   PX/xPX    G/L/F   hr/f  SBO%
====  ===  ==  ==  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ====  =======  ========  ====  ====
2017  651  33  15  .273  .290   86    8  28   122  120/122  39/18/42   11%   11
2018  661  38  25  .277  .292   84    9  28   128  131/136  39/22/40   17%   20 
2019  598  32  22  .284  .292   84    7  29   122  115/104  44/20/37   17%   19
2020  107   4   0  .234  .255   79    5  26    99   86/...

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