I’m gonna be honest with you, I have not been at all impressed with one Jorge Bonifacio so far in 2018. I was pretty happy with what we saw from Boni in 2017, a 99 wRC+ and 17 HR in his rookie season, but the results just simply have not returned since he was suspended for PED’s this offseason.
I was honestly thinking about writing an article detailing with my concern about Boni at the plate, and then I started digging, and I'm not sure what to think anymore. Here is a comparison of Jorge Bonifacio’s peripheral statistics between 2017 and 2018:
BB%:
K%:
BB/K:
Hard%:
Soft%:
O-Swing%:
Contact%:
SwStr%:
Average Launch Angle:
GB%:
Every single one of those statistics would lead you to believe that Jorge Bonifacio has been a better hitter in 2018 than he was in 2017.