FACTS/FLUKES: Polanco, Lester, Segura, R. De La Rosa, Suarez
May 2 2016
Polanco flashing signs ... After a promising second half in 2015 (.278 BA, 6 HR / 10 SB), Gregory Polanco (OF, PIT) is off to a decent—yet unspectacular—start to 2016 with a .302 BA and a pair of home runs and steals through April. He's the headliner of an early-season Facts/Flukes column, however, so something else must be going on, right?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% HctX h% GB/LD/FB PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO OPSvL ==== === ==== ==== === === ==== == ======== === === ==== === === ===== 2014* 551 .258 .252 8 80 84 26 50/19/31 85 87 10% 104 25% .466 2015 593 .256 .250 8 80 105 31 45/20/35 87 95 6% 117 24% .528 2016 86 .302 .314 16 85 127 34 44/25/31 128 117...
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