Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Aaron Altherr is in the middle of a breakout season at the plate, but can he keep things up?
The Phillies are a tough team to watch these days. Still amidst the rebuilding process, they already have lost 51 games this season. The farm system is doing what it needs to http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/andres-blanco-jersey-c-15.html <http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/andres-blanco-jersey-c-15.html> , but fans have plenty of waiting to do before this team is a contender again. One of the few pleasures of watching your team rebuild is being able to see players grow first hand. In the last couple of seasons, we’ve seen Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez establish themselves as quality everyday players. This year, Aaron Altherr is the player to look at. Although he was never Jeanmar Gomez Jersey <http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/jeanmar-gomez-jersey-c-4.html> really considered a top prospect, Altherr was able to grind his way through the minors and get a chance to play in Philadelphia. His first look in the majors came back in 2015. During that 39 game stint, Altherr was able to accumulate 1.8 fWAR and a .827 OPS. A wrist injury cost him the majority of the ’16 season, and he was unable to get into rhythm. Now Altherr is healthy, and he’s been crushing the ball lately. In 67 games so far this season, Altherr owns a .283/.353/.529 slash line to go along with 13 homers, 16 doubles and 41 RBI. At a glance, those numbers look pretty good. He’s hitting for power and he’s getting on base. What more could you ask for? Unfortunately, it appears that these are hollow numbers. After digging a little deeper , it becomes apparent that Altherr’s success looks less than sustainable. For one http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/carlos-ruiz-jersey-c-13.html <http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/carlos-ruiz-jersey-c-13.html> , he’s striking out in more than 1/4 of his at bats 25.2 . He walks just 8 of the time, and what’s most concerning he owns a .344 BABIP this season. Some players have the profile to maintain that high of an average on balls in play. Altherr is not one of those players. The players that carry that sort of BABIP across their careers are fast, and hit a lot of ground balls. Altherr has some speed, http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/cameron-rupp-jersey-c-14.html <http://www.philliesfanaticsjersey.com/cameron-rupp-jersey-c-14.html> but hits line drives only 18.1 of the time. What he does do is hit a lot of fly balls 38.2 , and 1 out of every 5 of those is a home run. At this present time, Altherr has a HR/FB rate of 20 . That’s double the league average. -- View this message in context: http://dev-list.musescore.org/appears-that-these-are-hollow-numbers-tp7580285.html Sent from the MuseScore Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Mscore-developer mailing list Mscore-developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mscore-developer
