FACTS/FLUKES: Arenado, Gio Gonzalez, Alonso, Lohse, P. Alvarez

Could Arenado breakout in 2015? … Nolan Arenado (3B, COL) missed about 50 games due to a fractured left middle finger and pneumonia, but he was able to best his 2013 performance in nearly every category. There had been some questions about his power, but he nearly doubled his 2013 HR output, narrowly missing the 20-HR plateau. He also raised his batting average 20 points to .287. Was his elevated production backed by advancement in underlying metrics?

Year    AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX   h%    G/L/F    PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB 
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====
2013*  552  .273  .284   5%   85   101   30  43/24/34  103  103    7%  104   3%  12/ 2
2014   432  .287  .300   5%...

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