FACTS/FLUKES: Betts, Shoemaker, Schoop, M. Gonzalez, Alonso
May 15 2017
Solid skills fuel Betts, but 2016 repeat unlikely…After a slow start (two HR in the first five weeks of the season), Mookie Betts (OF, BOS) has heated up. Still, he’s not quite matching 2016’s numbers, when he posted a $44 season and finished second in the AL MVP race. Will Betts continue to pick up the pace?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% HctX FB% HR PX xPX hr/f SB Spd SBO ==== === ==== ==== === === ==== === == === === ==== == === === 2014* 588 .318 .281 11 86 133 39% 14 114 117 8% 34 132 23% 2015 597 .291 .277 7 86 119 42% 18 114 114 8% 21 146 18% 2016 672 .318 .295 7 88 119 39% 31 114 107 13% 26 138 16% 2017 131 .305 .309 10 92 143 45% 6 ...
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