FACTS/FLUKES: Moustakas, Vargas, Dozier, Giles, Rosario

A healthy Moustakas thriving ... On the heels of a lost 2016 season, the Mike Moustakas (3B, KC) breakout we've been waiting for has come. Moustakas is tearing up MLB pitching (.281 BA, 35 HR), making our "UP: .300-30-100" speculation in The Baseball Forecaster look pretty good along the way. Is he here to stay?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  FB%   PX/xPX  hr/f  HR  OPSvL  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===  =======  ====  ==  =====  ===
2014  457  .212  .259    7   84   115  22   41   99/120    9%  15   .554   52
2015  549  .284  .274    7   86   119  30   41  112/114   11%  22   .823   74
2016  104  .240  .301    8   88   133  21   40  134/135   19%   7   .842   96
2017  452  .281  .286    5   83   115  27...

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