FACTS/ FLUKES: Phillips, Lohse, Posey, Venable, Brothers

Phillips loving cleanup duty ... Brandon Phillips (2B, CIN) is second in the NL in RBIs and seems on his way to a career high and first 100-RBI season. But the RBI explosion is obscuring a huge decline in SBs.

Year    AB    BA    xBA  ct%   h%   Eye    HR    PX   SB   Spd   SBO%
====   ===  ====   ====  ===   ==   ====   ==   ===   ==  ====   ====
2009   584  .276   .289   87   29   0.59   20   100   25   111    23%
2010   626  .275   .280   87   29   0.55   18    94   16   126    17% 
2011   610  .300   .282   86   33   0.52   18   104    7    81    12%
2012   580  .281   .277   86   30   0.35   18    90   15    85    12%
2013   391  .258   .264   85   28   0.43   12    88    2    65     4%

Phillips skills continue to fade, but the...

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