FACTS/FLUKES: Beltran, Castro, Harvey, K. Suzuki, Hoover

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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