FACTS/FLUKES: Beltran, Castro, Harvey, K. Suzuki, Hoover
Mar 25 2013
Beltran’s monster power year… It figures. Just the time when we counted Carlos Beltrán (OF, STL) out due to declining performance and inability to stay on the field, he started hitting home runs like it was 2007:
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% G/L/F PX Spd hr/f HR ==== === ==== ==== === === ======== === === ==== == 2008 606 .284 .305 13 84 45/22/33 125 99 16% 27 2009 308 .325 .293 13 86 45/20/35 108 107 11% 10 2010 220 .255 .271 12 82 42/19/39 106 106 10% 7 2011 520 .300 .310 12 83 40/21/39 152 89 13% 22 2012 547 .269 .274 11 77 42/20/38 142 66 20% 32
The metrics are fairly clear, though, that his 32-HR season in 2012 is going to be very tough to...
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