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21 hours agoWhat's Mike Yastrzemski been doing with his copious free time?
Yastrzemski’s production improved after a slow start, then held up despite limited plate appearances versus left-handed pitching.
Albies burst into MLB in very exciting fashion, putting up nearly 10 fWAR in his first 1,630 PAs from 2017-2019 (that's a pace north of 3.5 fWAR/600). His skillset across those years wasn't very consistent (great defense in 2018, great hitting in 2019), and that inconsistency has marked the rest of his career. He had standout years in 2021 and 2023, while dealing with injuries and just being kinda meh in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
Right now, if you go to FanGraphs and sort by position player fWAR with 200 or more PAs, you get a list that maybe isn't that surprising. Or, rather, the placement of some guys might be surprising, but anyway... Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt Jr., Shohei Ohtani - those guys are phenomenal but they were better last year. Cal Raleigh is having a legendary season but has been an All-Star-plus quality guy for years now.