FACTS/FLUKES: Gordon, Paxton, Lind, Betances, P. Alvarez

Gordon needs to cut down on the whiffs… A key contributor to the Royals’ 2015 championship season was Alex Gordon (OF, KC). In 2016, not so much; Gordon got off to a slow start, and then missed a month with a broken bone in his hand. As the Royals work to get back into the AL Central race, Gordon finds himself straddling the Mendoza line.

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    OPSvL  HR  PX   xPX  hr/f
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  =====  ==  ===  ===  ====
2012  642  .294  .272   10   78  36  42/25/33   .668  14  116  102    8% 
2013  633  .265  .247    8   78  31  40/20/39   .877  20  104  125   10%
2014  563  .266  .260   10   78  31  43/19/38   .787  19  123  118   11%
2015  354  .271  .251   12   74  33 ...

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