What happened to Charlie Blackmon? | Beyond the Box Score
After an MVP-caliber 2017 campaign with the Colorado Rockies, Charlie Blackmon has come back down to earth in 2018. Blackmon’s fWAR has dropped by 5.7 wins between 2017 and 2018, the largest drop in all of baseball. Over at Beyond the Box Score, Matt Provenzano explains why this is. In the measurement of wRC+, Blackmon’s 2018 value of 105 is very akin to the 106 wRC+ he posted from 2011-2015. So, perhaps 2017 was a “flash in the pan,” and we’re now simply seeing Blackmon playing at his typical level.
Rockies seeing diminished returns from Charlie Blackmon
