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Sam Hilliard won’t keep this up all year, but the Braves still may have found something interesting.

Ok, let’s get this part out of the way right from the start. Sam Hilliard is currently running a 166 wRC+ with a 39% strikeout rate and a .545 batting average on balls in play. That profile hasn’t exactly a zero percent chance of maintaining itself over a full season, or even half a season. This is a classic “April profile” that only exist in the wild and random first month of a baseball season.

So the question is not “Can Sam Hilliard keep this up?” Cause the answer to that question is a clear no. No one can.