FACTS/FLUKES: Encarnacion, Hellickson, Arencibia, Kazmir, Infante

Encarnacion should maintain elite level…When Edwin Encarnación (1B, TOR) blasted 42 HR in 2012, many said that regression was coming in 2013. While his HR total did take a slight tumble, he still did well enough to quiet his critics.

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR   PX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO%
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ==  ===  ====
2009*  330  .226  .248   12   78  25  37/17/46  15  111   12%   2   83    3%
2010*  364  .251  .281    8   83  25  32/17/51  23  146   15%   1   68    1%
2011   481  .272  .275    8   84  29  36/19/44  17  124    9%   8   75    8%
2012   542  .280  .285   13   83  27  33/18/49  42  153   19%  13   79    9%
2013   530  .272  .311   13   88  25  35/22/43 ...

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