FACTS/FLUKES: Cabrera, Peavy, Brantley, Pelfrey, Grossman

Could Cabrera top 2012?... When you win the MVP award as well as the first Triple Crown in more than forty years, there’s nowhere to go but down, right? Don’t tell that to Miguel Cabrera (3B, DET), who’s on track to match last year’s prodigious output.

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%   h%   G/L/F     PX  hr/f  HR  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===   ==  ========  ===  ====  ==  ===
2009  611  .324  .297   10   82   35  43/20/37  133   18%  34   75
2010  548  .328  .327   14   83   34  39/19/42  187   20%  38  127
2011  572  .344  .317   16   84   37  44/22/34  158   18%  30  111
2012  622  .330  .315   10   84   34  42/22/36  161   23%  44  103
2013  199  .377  .327   12   84   40  38/25/37  161   23%  14  112

There’s little sign of...

Almost!

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