FACTS/FLUKES: Yelich, DeSclafani, Thornburg, C. Hernandez, Hundley

Is Yelich putting it all together? … Prior to 2016, Christian Yelich (OF, MIA) had never hit more than 9 HR in a major league season and had a total of 20 HR in 1,298 career AB. However, he has already slugged 10 HR in 348 AB while also improving his BA to a personal best .322. What’s going on here?

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  GB/LD/FB  h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===
2013* 433   9/14  .276  .276   11   72  63/23/14  37   108  114   83   17%  149  15%
2014  582   9/21  .284  .271   11   76  61/21/18  36   113   91   97   12%  133  15%
2015  476   7/16  .300  .281    9   79  62/23/15  37   115   85   81   13%  119  14%
2016  348  10/4  ...

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