FACTS/FLUKES: Wieters, Hellickson, Dunn, Hernandez, Kipnis

Wieters has arrived... Last Spring, the words most commonly associated with Matt Wieters (C, BAL) were "disappointment" and "overrated." All Wieters did was answer his critics by putting together a stellar second half and he's come charging out of the gate in 2012 as well. Is it time to call him a star?

Year   AB    BA   xBA  bb%   h%   Eye   G/L/F     PX  HR  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ========  ===  ==  ====  ===  
2009  354  .288  .229   7%  36%  0.33  42/19/40   82   9    8%   -6  
2010  446  .249  .228  10%  29%  0.50  46/15/38   89  11    8%   15
2011  500  .262  .277   9%  28%  0.57  43/18/39  117  22   14%   59
2012   62  .274  .308  11%  25%  0.67  48/24/28  168   6   43%   83

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