Flores Hits First HR of Big League Career

Jesus Flores, a catcher with the St. Lucie Mets last year and was selected by the Washington Nationals in the Rule 5 Draft last winter, hit his first career HR this afternoon against the Phillies.
Now, I never was a big fan of Flores’s. Had I had a blog last year, I probably would’ve said he [...]

Low/High BABIP Hitters: Really Lucky/Unlucky?

 
BABIP is often used as a measure of whether a player has been “lucky” or “unlucky.” It has been proven for quite some time now that pitchers can do little to prevent hits per balls in play. When it comes to hitters, however, BABIP can be the effect of poor/great contact, [...]