FACTS/FLUKES: Kang, Bruce, A. Wood, D. Santana, Eickhoff
Feb 2 2017
Kang powers up … Despite spending 49 days on the shelf due to various injuries (recovery from torn meniscus and fractured tibia suffered in late 2015; plus sore left shoulder), Jung-ho Kang (3B, PIT) wound up with 21 HR and a .255 BA in 318 AB. Has the 30-year-old arrived as a legit power source?
Year AB HR/SB BA xBA bb% ct% GB/LD/FB h% HctX PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO ===== === ===== ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== === === 15-1H 198 4/5 .258 .249 7 76 54/22/24 32 84 77 71 11% 77 9% 15-2H 223 11/0 .314 .293 5 77 46/23/31 37 144 152 134 21% 85 7% 2016 318 21/5 .255 .282 10 75 42/20/37 28 120 156 146 23% 62 5%
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