FACTS/FLUKES: Arenado, Wood, Dietrich, Leone, Kemp

Arenado continues to excel … Nolan Arenado (3B, COL) fell just three home runs shy of his third consecutive season with at least 40 HR and posted a career best .309 BA in 2017. Is there any reason to question his status as one of the game’s elite?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f  HR  OPSvR  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ========  =======  ====  ==  =====  ===
2013  486  .267  .276    5   85   101  30  43/24/34   92/103    7%  10   .652   57
2014  432  .287  .300    5   87   127  30  38/21/42  142/134   11%  18   .776  100
2015  616  .287  .307    5   82   130  29  34/22/44  172/149   19%  42   .931  108
2016  618  .294  .290   10   83   128  30  35/18/47  146/148   17%  41   .951 ...

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