FACTS/FLUKES: Villar, Werth, Granderson, Arrieta, Corbin

Villar starts slow ... Coming off a huge breakout in 2016, big things were expected from Jonathan Villar (2B, MIL) this season. His stolen base numbers are down, while his batting average is hovering around the Mendoza line. Were expectations too high?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  FB%  h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===
2013* 549   8/42  .246  .249    8   68  14%  35    82   91   54    6%  138  40%
2014* 453   9/34  .213  .218    8   67  30%  30    84   91  108   13%  101  41%
2015* 396   6/31  .242  .240    7   70  23%  33    75   85   44   10%  140  45%
2016  589  19/62  .285  .264   12   70  24%  38   101  120  101   20%  111  43%
2017  135  ...

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