FACTS/FLUKES: Encarnacion, Hosmer, Pineda, Kelly, Gibson

Encarnaction slumbers through April ... Edwin Encarnación (3B, TOR) has made a name for himself in recent years as one of fantasy's more consistent power producers, so his medicore performance into mid-May is raising some eyebrows. Is there a power streak coming soon?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HctX  HR   PX  xPX  hr/f 
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ====  ==  ===  ===  ==== 
2010*  364  .251  .281    8   83  25  32/17/51   113  23  143  133   15% 
2011   481  .272  .275    8   84  29  36/19/44   129  17  124  124    9% 
2012   542  .280  .285   13   83  27  33/18/49   131  42  157  153   19% 
2013   530  .272  .311   13   88  25  35/22/43   137  36  150  152   18% 
2014   477  .268  .300   12  ...

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