FACTS/FLUKES: Betts, A. Chapman, Nunez, Clevinger, Mahtook

Betts fades, slightly ... If you knew you'd get a $25-30 player with your top-3 pick, would you do it? That's been Mookie Betts (OF, BOS) in 2017. Betts' $42 season in 2016 vaulted his Average Draft Position to #3, but the production's been off thanks to a career-low .268 batting average. Do we still consider him elite?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f  Spd/SB%/SBO  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  =====  =======  ====  ===========  ===
2014  189  .291  .270   10   84   130  33  21/39  108/117    8%  135/70%/17%   83
2015  597  .291  .277    7   86   119  31  19/42  114/115    8%  148/78%/18%   97
2016  672  .318  .295    7   88   119  33  19/39  114/107   13%  137/87%/16%  100
2017  482 ...

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