FACTS/FLUKES: Votto, B.J. Upton, Zimmermann, Corbin, Blanco

Votto's power is off... Before injuring his knee Joey Votto (1B, CIN) was displaying huge power skills. Since then, however, his power has tailed off, and he's down from his 2010-2011 production levels. What's going on?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F    PX  h%  hr/f  HR  HH%
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ===  ==  ====  ==  ===
2009  469  .322  .299   13   77  39/22/39  163  37   17%  25   37
2010  547  .324  .313   14   77  45/20/35  183  36   25%  37   40
2011  599  .309  .299   16   78  39/28/33  152  35   18%  29   34
2012  374  .337  .311   20   77  38/30/32  171  41   15%  14   40
2013  349  .318  .279   17   77  45/26/29  122  38   19%  15   38

Some very consistent skills here, but there are a couple of...

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