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Originally Posted by olivertheorem
Yasiel Puig:
28 GP, 116 PA, .440/.466/.743, 4 BB, 23 K
It's a stat line driven by a flukishly high BA. His cumulative minor-league slash line (over 262 PA, which still isn't all that much) of .328/.405/.611 implies to me that his MLB reality is more akin to .300/.370/.550, which would still be good. Still he's got to prove he can do it first.
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Do what? It is mathematically certain he's batting 0.440. So he has proved it for the last 116 PA. As for making the AS Game? Of course he shouldn't but given that players make the team for all the wrong reasons anyway why should Puig be any different?
How is a batting average a fluke? Some individual hits or outs may be flukish ie hitting a rock or rockets into a glove but once recorded the numbers are indisputable. If hitting 0.440 is a fluke then some guy batting 0.150 in 116 PA is not in a slump.
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