Alonso, Gallen, J.D. Martinez, Kopech, Bart

Alonso pacing toward career-low HR … Pete Alonso (1B, NYM) slugged 40 HR in 2022 and 46 HR in 2023, so it’s a little odd to see him with 27 HR as we near the end of August. How are things under the hood?

Year	PA	HR/xHR	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	HR/F	Brl%
2021	637	37/38	.262/.269	9/77	39/18/43	28	120	138/129	20%	15%
2022	685	40/36	.271/.274	10/79	36/20/44	28	116	143/112	17%	12%
2023	658	46/46	.217/.265	10/73	37/16/48	21	104	158/135	23%	15%
2024	556	27/ --	.245/.255	10/73	42/16/42	27	101	141/108	17%	12%

This is still a strong collection of skills, but there has been a notable change:

• A comically low h% dragged down his 2023 BA. Positive h% regression has his BA back to a respectable level and xBA hints at a little additional upside.
• The combination of career-high GB% and...

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