FACTS/FLUKES: Pedroia, Parker, Peavy, A. Cabrera, Martin

A healthy start for Pedroia ... Dustin Pedroia's (2B, BOS) thumb won the honor of most-discussed appendage of 2013, as he injured it on Opening Day but played out the season in pain. Predictably, it sapped his power, as he finished with just 9 HR—his fewest since 2007. Now that Pedroia's thumb is supposedly fully healed, can we expect a return to vintage form?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR   PX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ==  ===  ===
2009  626  .296  .295   11   93  30  39/20/41  15   93    6%  20  110  14%
2010  302  .288  .310   11   87  30  39/22/39  12  131   11%   9   98  11%
2011  635  .307  .288   12   87  33  48/19/33  21  106   11%  26  116  15%
2012 ...

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