FACTS/FLUKES: Machado, Price, V. Martinez, Alonso, Shoemaker

For Machado, a little give & take...A quarter of the way through the 2016 season and we find Manny Machado (3B/SS, BAL) among the league leaders in BA, HR, SLG%, and OPS, yet without a stolen base in three attempts. Has Machado solidified himself among the elite bats in the game at this point, and if so, has it been at the expense of his running game? 

Year   AB  HR/SB   BA  xBA  h%  HctX  bb%  ct%  GB/LD/FB   PX  xPX  hr/f  Spd  SBO%
====  ===  =====  ===  ===  ==  ====  ===  ===  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====
2012  191   7/ 2  262  252  29   113    5   80  46/14/40  110  100   12%  147    5%
2013  667  14/ 6  283  277  32   101    4   83  47/21/32  107   73    8%  122    9%
2014  327  12/ 2  278  262  32   100    6   79 ...

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