FACTS/FLUKES: Harper, Billingsley, Headley, Maybin, Corbin

Harper's adjustments taking time ... Though the full-time debut seasons of Mike Trout (OF, LAA) and Bryce Harper (OF, WAS) could well be Storyline #1 when we look back on 2012 from afar, reality is that only one of them is an MVP candidate right out of the chute:

Year     AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  h%    G/L/F    PX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB
====    ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====  
2012    379  .251  .258   10   77  30  46/20/34  105   12%  134  17%  12/13
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12-1H   219  .274  .272   10   78  32  44/21/35  127   14%  122  18%   8/ 8
12-2H   160  .219  .238   11   77  26  48/19/32   76   10%  132  16%   4/ 5

And it isn't...

Almost!

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