FACTS/FLUKES: Teixeira, Napoli, Bailey, Hunter, Masterson

Teixeira offers upside in 2012... Amid the high-profile influx of big name first basemen into the American League, Mark Teixeira (1B, NYY) has become somewhat of a forgotten man in the discussion of elite players at the position. It doesn't help matters that Teixeira is coming off two productive but uneven seasons:

Year  AB   BA  xBA  OPS HR bb% ct%  h%  Eye  G/L/F   HR  PX hr/f BPV     
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2007 494 .306 .288 .957 30 13% 77% 34% 0.64 39/20/41 30 158  19%  75
2008 574 .308 .311 .961 33 14% 84% 32% 1.04 43/21/36 33 146  19%  96
2009 609 .292 .300 .940 39 12% 81% 30% 0.71 36/20/44 39 159  18%  97
2010 601 .256 .282 .837 33 13% 80% 27% 0.76 36/19/45 33 146  15%  75
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