As Chairman of the Addison Russell Fan Club™, it is my duty to remain objective about his performance at all times. So I’m writing to announce that Russell is 1) looking extraordinarily strong lately, but 2) his overall numbers this season suggest the baseball gods granted him good luck.
Every time I refresh his FanGraphs page, I can’t help but smile at the .329 wOBA, 106 wRC+, and 1.9 fWAR. Gosh, it’s only June 20 and Russell has accumulated more value than an average everyday fielder. But many of his weak batted balls have fallen for base hits, which has perhaps inflated that value a bit.