FACTS/FLUKES: McCutchen, Lamb, T. Anderson, C. Hernandez, Guerra

Can McCutchen rebound? … Andrew McCutchen (OF, PIT) had a disappointing 2016, as a right thumb injury he revealed in June likely hampered him for most of the year. However, he looked more like his old self over the final two months of the season, batting .284 with 9 HR in 208 AB. What do the underlying metrics tell us?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  GB/LD/FB  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  SB%  HR/SB
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ========  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  =====
2012   593  .327  .280   11   78   126  44/22/34  147   19%  146  16%  63%  31/20
2013   583  .317  .289   12   83   136  41/24/35  123   12%  136  19%  73%  21/27
2014   548  .314  .284   13   79   139  40/19/41  155   14%  134  11%  86%  25/18
2015   566 ...

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