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Gogerty
Great for both sides, as a Braves fan, I am glad to see Evan getting his due. Hope for health throughout his contract.
seamaholic 2
Umm, hitting lots of ground balls usually leads to high BABiP, not low. Gattis’ numbers suggest a ton of lazy fly balls, with some squared up bombs now and then. Sort of Wilin Rosario territory.
Jeff Todd
Fair enough, but the difference in BABIP on grounders vs flies may not be so great that it wouldn’t be a cause for a lumbering guy like Gattis. Really, it’d be necessary to look at the data on a more granular level, so I’ll just note the numbers and leave the broader conclusions open to others’ interpretation/research.
Stuart Brown
If you’re hitting line drives or if you have speed (or both) it can lead to a high BABIP. Gattis has neither of these skills.
TheAdrianBeltre
If you run like a stegosaurus, like Gattis does, ground balls do not equal high BABiP. But normally when he makes contact, he makes solid contact. Not so much last season. Now he may be healthier this season and back to scorching those balls he seemed to miss, or not get all of, this season. It seemed like he was either an easy out or a home run or a triple(weird) all last season. I’d expect it(BABiP and the resulting domino effect to other stats) to go back up this year, but hoping a little bit that it doesn’t.
beauvandertulip
You saying BABIP is caused just by grounders definitely explains the fact that he has 11 triples. The reason is unknown, and won’t happen again even in Houston. He will have a better Batting average next year, not incredible, but better.
rrieders
Odd signing for Gattis. He gives the Astros a team option with an inconsequential buyout and a 2016 salary that is right at the filing number.
He’s limiting his 2017 salary and getting nothing in return for it. Weird.