FACTS/FLUKES: Soto, García, Bart, Matz, Syndergaard
Feb 1 2023
Is Soto still a first rounder? ... Juan Soto (OF, SD) was the first outfielder off the board in most drafts a season ago, but fell short of expectations when his BA dipped more than 70 points. Let's see what went wrong and if there's reason to believe in a full rebound.
Year PA HR/xHR SB BA/xBA bb%/ct% G/L/F h%/HctX/Brl% PX/xPX HR/F Spd ==== === ====== == ========= ======= ======== ============ ======= ==== === 2019 659 34/40 12 .282/.280 16/76 42/21/37 32/108/12% 138/139 22% 103 2020 196 13/14 6 .351/.335 21/82 52/20/29 36/139/18% 179/140 36% 83 2021 654 29/31 9 .313/.285 22/81 53/19/29 34/130/13% 113/99 24% 101 2022 663 27/30 6 .242/.273 20/82 ...
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