F/F SPOTLIGHT: Brandon Belt
Jul 13 2018
Long tagged a breakout candidate in these parts, Brandon Belt (1B, SF) has finally been producing at that higher level for the first half of 2018. This week, we put Belt through the Spotlight treatment in hopes of identifying what has changed this year, and whether we can expect it to sustain in the second half and beyond.
Let's start with our traditional Fact/Fluke analysis:
Year AB HR/SB BA xBA bb% ct% G/L/F h% HctX PX xPX hr/f Spd/SBO ==== === ===== ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== ======= 2013 509 17/5 .289 .266 9 75 34/24/41 35 116 143 132 11% 104/5% 2014 214 12/3 .243 .244 8 70 38/18/44 29 90 152 118 18% 108/8% 2015 492 18/9 .280 .257 ...
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