FACTS/FLUKES: Lindor, Stroman, Rosario, Pelfrey, Pillar

Low h% masks Lindor’s growth…A breakout rookie season in 2015 that garnered him second place in the AL Rookie of the Year race. A top-10 MVP performance in 2016. While not underwhelming, Francisco Lindor’s (SS, CLE) 2017 season hasn’t exactly met the lofty expectations that he held at the start of the year.

Year   AB   BA    xBA  ct%  HctX  h%   G/L/F     HR   PX  xPX  hr/f  SB  SBO
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ====  ==  ========   ==  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===
2014# 507  .248         79                        9   67            23%  29%
2015* 619  .298  .275   82    92  36  51/21/29   14   92   75  13%  20%  17%
2016  604  .301  .282   85    95  33  49/22/28   15   77   74  10%  19%  13%
2017  286  .255  .291   86   117  25  39/18/43   14...

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