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Just like old times: Kemp hitting with MLB's best

Official Site of the Braves | June 1, 2017

Related Topics: Times on base, WOBA, Major League Baseball, SunTrust Park, Extra-base hit, Batted ball, Percentage, On-base percentage

Where in the world is this coming from? And can it possibly sustain?

(*wOBA is Weighted On-Base Average, which is very similar to On-Base Percentage except it gives increasingly more credit to extra base hits as opposed to treating every time on base equally, as OBP does. The 2017 Major League average wOBA is .318.)

Kemp unloads on a solo shot
Matt Kemp launches a solo shot to left-center field and gives the Braves a 3-0 lead in the 4th inning

The easy answer is to go with the narrative that seems to be cropping up, that Atlanta's new SunTrust Park is the biggest launching pad this side of Coors Field.

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