Luis Valbuena 3B FA Sun 6/21/15 10:21 AM
Luis Valbuena
3B FA
Valbuena smashed his 17th homer and drew a walk in four trips to the plate Saturday in Seattle.
The 29-year-old is having one of the oddest seasons you'll ever see, as his ISO (.245) is a ridiculous 60 points higher than his horrendous .185 batting average. Indeed, Valbuena is tied for fifth in the American League in homers, and those long balls represent almost 40 percent of his hits. His BABIP is .165, one of the lowest marks in the majors, so it's bound to come up to some degree, but his flyball-heavy approach means there's not a big batting-average normalization coming for the career .224 hitter.
