He’s batting .431, although he couldn’t buy a hit in the post-season last year, and hit only .226 in spring training.
He has set these records:
- most RBI before May 1
- most total bases before May 1
He has tied this one:
- most HR before May 1
In two full years in the minors, he batted .271 and .264. In two previous years with the Dodgers, he batted .260 and .267. After establishing that completely consistent level of performance, he has broken free this year. Whatever that Dodgers’ hitting coach noticed this spring must have been crucial.
It’s the ball that’s juiced, not the players.
there are measurable differences in the balls from year to year but that generally just manifests itself in HRs
I see a change in stats like this and I have to wonder if he is juicing.
…and he has several highlight reel plays in the center field…unless he regresses to the mean, maybe he has been taking Bobby Bonds vitamins.
I hate to be like this when someone is on a roll…but, well, stats. Sasme goes for the tall white high school kid who just ran 9.98 for the 100 meters (although wind aided) … he looked extremely muscled.