FACTS/FLUKES: N. Cruz, S. Gray, Singleton, Hutchison, Iannetta

Cruz unlikely to replicate 2015 numbers…Just before spring training 2014, Nelson Cruz (OF, SEA) scrounged around looking for a job. Eighty-four home runs later, a place to play is not a concern. Can he match the twin $30 seasons he put up the past two years?

Year   AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HctX   PX  xPX  HR  hr/f
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ====  ===  ===  ==  ====
2011  475  .260  .276    6   76  29  41/16/43   118  162  144  29   19%
2012  585  .259  .263    8   76  30  41/18/41   129  141  151  24   13%
2013  413  .266  .264    8   74  30  42/17/41   120  162  154  27   21%
2014  613  .271  .285    8   77  29  42/17/41   119  173  131  40   20%
2015  590  .302  .277    9   72  35  46/20/34   113 ...

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