FACTS/FLUKES: Castellanos, Kimbrel, DeShields, F. Hernandez, A. Gordon

Castellanos HR total disappointing... After hitting 18 HR in only 411 AB in 2016, and 26 HR in 2017, many fantasy owners expected continued power growth for Nick Castellanos (3B/OF, DET) in 2018 during his age 26 season. With only nine HR in the middle of June, can we expect more from Castellanos the rest of the season, or is this HR pace his ceiling?

Year   AB  HR/SB     BA/xBA   HctX  ct%  bb%  h%   OPS   PX/xPX   G/L/F    HR/F
====  ===  =====   =========  ====  ===  ===  ==   ===  =======  ========  ====
2014  533   11/2   .259/.252   108   74    6  33   700  108/135  35/29/37   8%
2015  549   15/0   .255/.243   103   72    7  33   721  118/118  36/23/40   9%
2016  411   18/1   .285/.260   106   73    6  35   827  135/166  31/26/43...

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