F/F SPOTLIGHT: Brandon Belt

Long tagged a breakout candidate in these parts, Brandon Belt (1B, SF) has finally been producing at that higher level for the first half of 2018. This week, we put Belt through the Spotlight treatment in hopes of identifying what has changed this year, and whether we can expect it to sustain in the second half and beyond.

Let's start with our traditional Fact/Fluke analysis:

Year   AB  HR/SB    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%    G/L/F   h%  HctX   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd/SBO
====  ===  =====  ====  ====  ===  ===  ========  ==  ====  ===  ===  ====  =======
2013  509  17/5   .289  .266    9   75  34/24/41  35   116  143  132   11%  104/5%
2014  214  12/3   .243  .244    8   70  38/18/44  29    90  152  118   18%  108/8%
2015  492  18/9   .280  .257  ...

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