FACTS/FLUKES: Y. Gurriel, Grichuk, Leclerc, Lynn, Simmons

He won't repeat... but could he? When we last checked in on Yuli Gurriel (1B, HOU) in 2019, we noted that he could see a power spike in the second half if things fell into place.  They did in a big way, and it led to a career year at age 35.

Year   AB  HR xHR   BA XBA OBA SLG  BB CT Eye  HctX  H   GB LD FB   PX XPX  HRF
====  ===  == ===  === === === ===  == == ===  ====  ==  == == ==  === ===  ===
2016  130   3   2  262 269 292 385   4 91 .42   105  27  42 20 38   69  74    7  
2017  529  18  12  299 294 332 486   4 88 .35   125  31  46 19 35  102  99   11  
2018  537  13   7  291 272 323 428   4 88 .37    99  31  44 20 36   79  87    8  
2019  564  31  13  298 306 343 541   6 88 .57   118  29  38 22 39  113  79   16 ...

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