FACTS/FLUKES: Lamb, Joseph, Swanson, Wacha, Holland
Jun 8 2017
Lamb rolling again ... Jake Lamb (3B, ARI) put together a monster first half in 2016, by batting .290 with 19 home runs. We noted in the Baseball Forecaster that a hand injury he sustained in July may have played a role in his second half fade, and he's back to crushing the ball in 2017. Can he keep it up this time?
Year AB HR BA xBA OPSvL bb% ct% G/L/F h% HctX PX xPX hr/f ==== === == ==== ==== ===== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== 2014* 518 15 .268 .258 .364 8 70 52/17/31 36 98 153 105 14% 2015 350 6 .263 .234 .541 9 72 45/23/32 35 115 87 114 7% 2016 523 29 .249 .271 .625 11 71 46/17/37 30 113 164 149 ...
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