The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 684 – Surprising Top 10s
by Paul Sporer
May 9, 2019
5/9/19
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SURPRISING TOP 10s BY POSITION
- C: Mitch Garver (34:34)
- 1B: Josh Bell (39:51)
- 2B: Ketel Marte (44:17)
- 3B: Hunter Dozier (47:36)
- SS: Dansby Swanson (50:20)
- OF (top 20): Dwight Smith Jr. (58:58)
- SP (top 20): Caleb Smith (1:05:04)
- RP: Shane Greene (1:14:09)
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This anti-Swanson dude is totally not an objective observer. So the #s you base your analysis on applies to everyone but Swanson? Swanson is only 25 yrs old -he’s incapable of improvement?
add: he’s *underperforming* his xStats
Maybe you should focus on going more than five innings in a start, Jeff.
Here’s some xTra credit for you, Swanson’s BABIP is the same, yet his BA is 26 points higher, what can you infer from that? Now go build a better foundation for analysis.