FACTS/FLUKES: A. Diaz, Snell, Puig, Judge, Vizcaino

How much of Diaz's breakout is repeatable?... One of the biggest surprises of 2016 was the rookie performance of 26-year-old Aledmys Díaz (SS, STL), who won a starting job with the Cardinals and the hearts of many fantasy owners with a .300 BA, 17 HR season. Do his skills offer confidence that he can do it again?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f  Spd/SBO  SB%  HR/SB
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2014# 117  .251   N/A    1   77  N/A     N/A      103/     N/A    5/33%  67%   2/ 5
2015# 425  .225   N/A    6   80  N/A     N/A      85/      N/A   91/13%  38%   9/ 4
2016  404  .300  .284    9   85  109   46/16/39  118/108   13%  135/ 7%  50%  17/...

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