FACTS/FLUKES: Machado, Tanaka, Simmons, Porcello, Calhoun

Can Machado rebound? ... A top-10 pick, back-to-back $25 seasons, and still not 25 years old? Safe to say Manny Machado's (3B, BAL) .212 batting average has been a major disappointment through the season's first two months. Can he get back on track?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  ct%  h%  GB/LD/FB  HctX  HR   PX/xPX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO 
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ==  ========  ====  ==  =======  ====  ==  ===  ===
2014  327  .278  .262   79  30  49/20/31   100  12  106/101   15%   2  112   2%
2015  633  .286  .279   82  30  44/18/38   119  35  127/122   18%  20  112  15%
2016  640  .294  .283   81  31  37/20/43   117  37  136/118   17%   0  108   2%
2017  208  .212  .238   76  22  44/11/45   124  11  121/146   15%   2  122   7%  

Machado will...

Almost!

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