FACTS/FLUKES: Longoria, Betances, DeShields, May, Kinsler

Healthy Longoria not as good as advertised...Anyone who played fantasy baseball early in this decade probably spent at least a few moments, at some point, considering what Evan Longoria (3B, TAM) was capable of producing if he could just remain healthy for a full season. Longoria has since quenched our curiosity by posting three consecutive 600+ AB seasons, though without the lofty numbers most of us were anticipating. What should we expect going forward? 

Year    AB   HR   BA  h%  HH%  bb%  ct%   Eye  GB/LD/FB   PX  hr/f  xBA  xPX  BPV
=====  ===   ==  ===  ==  ===  ===  ===  ====  ========  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===
2011   483   31  244  24  30%   14   81  0.86  37/18/45  158   18%  286  137  105
2012   273   17  289  32  38%   11  ...

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