FACTS/FLUKES: Longoria, Dempster, C. Santana, W. Davis, Nunez

Health, not skill, makes Longoria a risky play…Evan Longoria (3B, TAM) perennially appears in the top 2-3 rounds of most mock drafts, but hasn’t lived up to the hype the past few years. In 2012, the problem was a hamstring injury that shelved him for half the season.

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F     PX  hr/f  HR 
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ===  ====  == 
2008   448  .272  .282    9   73  31  39/20/42  179   19%  27
2009   584  .281  .289   11   76  32  39/19/42  164   18%  33
2010   574  .294  .283   11   78  34  37/20/43  150   11%  22
2011   483  .244  .286   14   81  24  37/18/45  158   18%  31
2012*  303  .276  .264   11   76  31  38/22/40  137   20% ...

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