FACTS/FLUKES: Diaz, Samardzija, Zobrist, Jeffress, Schimpf

Diaz emerges ... There's coming out of nowhere, and then there's Aledmys Díaz (SS, STL). Diaz, a Cuban import who quietly signed a four-year, $8-million contract with STL in 2014, has been one of the top shortstops in the National League with a .300+ BA and 13 HR in 2016. Can we trust his rookie performance?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB
=====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====
2014*  117  .246   --     1   77   --   --     --      99   -    --   106   -    2/ 5
2015*  425  .230   --     5   82   --   --     --      87   -    --    67   -    9/ 4
2016   327  .318  .286    9   85   118  34  44/17/39  118  119   12%  146   7%  13/...

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