Harris II, Moreno, Kinley, Bart, Nardi

Harris looks to rebound … After falling just shy of 20 HR/20 SB in each of his first two MLB seasons, Michael Harris II (OF, ATL) finished 2024 with a .264 batting average, 16 HR, and 10 SB in 470 PA. What happened?

Year	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	Brl%	HR/F	Spd/SBO/SB%
2022*	632	23/29	.289/.279	5/74	56/17/27	35	112	135/109	10%	23%	115/24%/84%
2023	539	18/20	.293/.285	5/80	47/22/31	34	122	107/96	10%	15%	112/20%/83%
2024	470	16/10	.264/.262	5/78	49/20/29	30	138	88/102	10%	15%	114/15%/62%
1H-24	278	5/8	.250/.249	5/77	53/20/26	30	124	67/77	6%	9%	117/18%/66%
2H-24	218	11/2	.283/.281	4/80	44/21/34	29	167	118/142	16%	21%	104/9%/50%
*Includes MLEs

Injuries played a part, but there was some skills slippage in the 1H:

• The decline in contact quality and rise in GB% in the 1H were problematic, as...

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