FACTS/FLUKES: Diaz, Samardzija, Zobrist, Jeffress, Schimpf
Jul 25 2016
Diaz emerges ... There's coming out of nowhere, and then there's Aledmys Díaz (SS, STL). Diaz, a Cuban import who quietly signed a four-year, $8-million contract with STL in 2014, has been one of the top shortstops in the National League with a .300+ BA and 13 HR in 2016. Can we trust his rookie performance?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% HctX h% GB/LD/FB PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO HR/SB ===== === ==== ==== === === ==== == ======== === === ==== === === ===== 2014* 117 .246 -- 1 77 -- -- -- 99 - -- 106 - 2/ 5 2015* 425 .230 -- 5 82 -- -- -- 87 - -- 67 - 9/ 4 2016 327 .318 .286 9 85 118 34 44/17/39 118 119 12% 146 7% 13/...
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