FACTS/FLUKES: Upton, Minor, Brown, Parnell, Lucroy

Upton remains unpredictable ... Justin Upton's (OF, ATL) 2013 debut with Atlanta was a microcosm of what has been a rollercoaster career thus far. He had two white-hot months in April and August (.298 BA, 20 HR combined) sandwiched between four, well, awful months (.247, 7 HR) the rest of the way. Does a look under the hood explain what's going on here?

Year     AB   BA    xBA   h%  ct%  HR   PX  hr/f  Spd  SB   SBO    G/L/F   BPV
=====   ===  ====  ====   ==  ===  ==  ===  ====  ===  ==  ====  ========  ===
2009    526  .300  .275   36   74  26  155   19%  135  20   17%  45/19/36   81
2010    495  .273  .247   36   69  17  131   12%  122  18   17%  41/19/39   50
2011    592  .289  .292   32   79  31  166   15%  117  21   19%  37/18/45...

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