Abrams, M. King, B. De La Cruz, Severino, Winker

Abrams powers up … The July 7 move to the leadoff spot set the stage for a monster second half of 2023 from CJ Abrams (SS, WAS). He has taken that momentum into 2024, batting .283 with 7 HR and 8 SB through 142 PA. How are things under the hood?

YearPAHR/SBBA/xBAbb%/ct%GB/LD/FBh%HctXPX/xPXHR/FBrl%Spd/SBA/SB%
2022*4807/17.255/.2432/8151/18/31308861/653%2%134/23%/67%
202361418/47.245/.2575/7944/18/38289494/9611%7%138/39%/92%
2H2334111/38.254/.2627/8241/19/402810392/10611%8%143/51%/95%
20241427/8.283/.3089/8137/26/3630122165/12318%10%137/34%/80%

*Includes MLEs

This is an exciting skill set:

  • An across-the-board skills surge from the 2H23 has largely carried over into 2024.
  • He has shown early upticks in Brl% and xPX. However, the gap between PX/xPX...

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