FACTS/FLUKES: Contreras, Belt, DeJong, Davies, Pivetta

Contreras an elite option at catcher ... Willson Contreras (C, CHC) was slow out of the gate in 2017, but was really heating up when an August hamstring strain knocked him out for a month. From the beginning of July to the time of his injury, he hit .322/.389/.678 with 12 home runs in 118 at-bats. What are reasonable expectations for 2018?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===
2015* 454   7/3   .297   N/A    9   84     N/A    34   N/A   85  N/A   N/A   94
2016# 456  19/5   .290  .276    9   77  54/18/28  34   101  121  105   24%  109
2017  377  21/5   .276  .268   11   74  53/17/29  32   106  131  101   26%  ...

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