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It’s not just Chicago Cubs fans who’ve taken notice of what Frank Schwindel has done of late. The 29-year-old first baseman earned August National League Player of the Month honors – and rightfully so, after he turned in a scorching hot month, slashing a very impressive .344/.394/.635 with six homers and 18 driven in.
Digging deeper into his impressive month of August, Schwindel posted an absurd wRC+ of 172, an ISO of .292 and a wOBA of .430. For the season against left-handed pitching alone, his wRC+ has spiked to a video game-like 218, although the sample size is only 43 at-bats.