FACTS/FLUKES: Ortiz, A. Jackson, Lind, E. Ramirez, Lindstrom

Age is nothing but a number for Ortiz ...  It's amazing to think of all the times pundits (us included) were wrong about David Ortiz's (DH, BOS) inevitable decline. At age 38 in 2013, he displayed skills reminiscent of a time when the Red Sox were still a band of "idiots." Skeptical drafters will of course be wary of signs of decline—but do they exist?

Year     AB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%   Eye   G/L/F    HR  PX   hr/f  BPV    
====    ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ========  ==  ===  ====  ===
2009    541  .238  .262  12   75   0.55  32/17/50  28  149   13%   56
2010    518  .270  .279  14   72   0.57  38/17/45  32  188   19%   79
2011    525  .309  .311  13   84   0.94  41/21/37  29  158   17%  104
2012    324  .318  .318  15   84  ...

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